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Iowa caucuses show resolve to oust Bush

January 23, 2004

DES MOINES, Iowa – A near record 122,000 Iowans braved bitter cold here Jan. 19 to attend Democratic caucus meetings in a dramatic display of their determination to defeat George W. Bush Nov. 2. On the...

31 years after Roe v. Wade: New generation redefines pro-choice

January 23, 2004

With its Jan. 22, 1973, ruling that abortion could no longer be illegal, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era for the rights of women, children and families.

World Social Forum challenges inequality

January 23, 2004 By Susan Webb

MUMBAI, India – On the sidewalk of a busy Mumbai street, two tiny children and their baby brother, clad only in a shirt, sit in a patch of dirt, directly in front of a cell phone...

Americans respond to State of the Union:What about jobs?

January 23, 2004

George W. Bush delivered the 2004 State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people on Jan. 20, and afterwards many people asked: What Union and world was he talking about?

Aaron Cohen: Educator, organizer

January 16, 2004

Longtime Communist leader, educator and union organizer Aaron Cohen died Dec. 12 at the Oakland retirement community where he had lived in recent years. He was nearly 95 years old. A CPUSA National Committee member for...