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Action urged to ensure all can vote, Groups mobilize to defend voting rights on Nov. 7

October 6, 2006 By Susan Webb

Unless urgent action is taken, millions of Americans may be denied their right to vote and have their vote counted this November, voting rights advocates warn.

Flood of sleaze engulfs GOP

October 6, 2006

WASHINGTON — One month from the Nov. 7 midterm elections, a firestorm is raging over the revelation that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republican leaders covered up Rep. Mark Foley’s sexually explicit contacts with...

U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

October 3, 2006

It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people's health is allowed, right? Wrong: For the second year in a...

LETTERS

September 29, 2006

Info on Cuban 5 Could you please tell me the status of the Cuban Five? I think it’s likely that the addresses could have changed and some are released by now? Had long wanted to write...

Janitor solidarity worldwide

September 29, 2006

Hundreds of janitors marched in front of the JP Morgan Company in downtown Manhattan on Sept. 13, demanding justice and higher pay for their colleagues in South Africa, the Service Employees union reported. Other actions, including...