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Voting, civil rights top NAACP agenda

July 23, 2004 By Rosita Johnson And Debbie A. Bell

PHILADELPHIA – The NAACP 95th Convention, held here July 10–15, had the theme “The Race Is On.” Two currents flowed throughout every convention session: voting and defending civil rights gains.

Labor organizes to protect 2004 vote

July 23, 2004

MILWAUKEE – About 50 people gathered at the headquarters of the Milwaukee AFL-CIO County Labor Council July 10 for a four-hour training session on voter rights. The training was headed by Shiela Cochran, secretary-treasurer of the...

Letters

July 16, 2004

My soldier son opposes this war I have a son in the National Guard who was supposed to get out in June of this year, and there is a stop loss order for his unit just...

Editorials

July 16, 2004

The ultimate dirty trick The effort by the tottering Bush administration to find ways to postpone the Nov. 2 national elections is its latest and most serious dirty trick to keep control of the government. According...

Philly workers rally to defend contracts

July 16, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...