Opinion
June 6 race could spell trouble for GOP
May 26, 2006National attention is focusing on the June 6 special election in California’s 50th Congressional District, north of San Diego, to replace Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham. Cunningham is now in prison after pleading guilty to taking...
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Tax bill to benefit super-rich
May 19, 2006If you make $1-million-plus a year, you’ll be happy with the Republican tax bill signed by President Bush May 17. You’re set to save another $43,000. If you make $40,000-$50,000 per year, you’ll get $47 –...
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CPUSA Statement in Response to Bush Immigration Speech
May 17, 2006George W. Bush’s speech to the nation on May 15, 2006 highlighting deployment of the National Guard to the Mexican border represents an aggressive policy of racist, anti-immigrant demonization and hysteria.
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Hating Barry Bonds
May 17, 2006Hating Barry Bonds has become a national passion—or so the very sportswriters who have whipped up this hate tell us. What they don’t tell us is that this passion is prevalent almost exclusively among a few...
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Immigration compromise bill is a fraud
May 12, 2006When the Senate adjourned without acting on immigration legislation on April 7, the so-called Hagel-Martinez compromise bill was left hanging. Some supporters of immigrant rights saw this as a setback. But today many say the provisions...
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