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Leftist seeks Salvadoran presidency

March 11, 2004

As El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election draws closer, recent polls indicate that Schafik Handal, the candidate of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), has a chance of winning the presidency. Handal, 73, is the...

Confronting grief with prayer and struggle

March 5, 2004

OAKLAND, Calif. – Lee Hamilton wears two buttons. Standing like many other working-class guys, with hands in his jeans’ pockets, sporting a sweatshirt and baseball cap emblazoned with “Meat Cutters Union,” he wore one small United...

Naders disastrous decision to run in 2004

March 5, 2004

Opinion As someone who voted for Ralph Nader twice for president, the second time in 2000 against the advice of friends and comrades, I am saddened and angered by his decision to run for president in...

Letters

March 5, 2004

The importance of reparations The importance of building a new Civil Rights Movement in 21st century America should not be overlooked. We should learn from the African American liberation movements of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s...

Editorials

March 5, 2004

Women of the world, unite! International Women’s Day is March 8. Recognized throughout the world, International Women’s Day gave birth to Women’s History Month, a more widely celebrated event here in the U.S. Like May Day,...