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Native American Indians get out the vote rez-style

October 8, 2004 By Susan Webb

CASS LAKE, Minn. — Sitting in her tiny office at Leech Lake Tribal College here, Elaine Fleming ran through the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities she is helping to organize among the college’s students, faculty and staff.

Coalition registers millions, seeks huge turnout Nov. 2

October 8, 2004

Leaders of the nationwide voter registration movement are reporting that millions of new voters have registered for the Nov. 2 election, breaking records. This has taken place especially in swing states like Ohio, where the determination...

GRASSROOTS POWER

October 1, 2004

‘So glad you’re here’ ST. PAUL, Minn. — “Minnesota ACORN is going to reach our goal of 38,000 new voters. We’ve been going to malls, neighborhoods, high schools. We’ve gone to naturalization ceremonies. As soon as...

Letters

October 1, 2004

Bush’s road: a one party systemThe following is adapted from an open letter sent to the Mexican American Political Association in preparation for its endorsing convention. I understand the convention will not have a representative of...

Editorials

October 1, 2004

U.S. troops home now! Despite last week’s sunny forecast by President Bush and Iyad Allawi, the U.S.-installed ruler of Iraq, about how swimmingly things are going over there, the quagmire is rapidly deepening. U.S. troops and...