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GOP candidates losing ground with Calif. voters

Voters’ growing dissatisfaction with Republican incumbents is evident in California. A new poll by the highly regarded Rasmussen polling firm shows Phil Angelides, Democratic candidate for governor, starting to close the gap with Republican incumbent Arnold...

Films zoom in on U.S. politics

Several films dealing with American politics and social issues were premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. “Bobby” features a star-studded cast, including Martin Sheen, Harry Belafonte, Demi Moore and Anthony Hopkins, to name a...

Gripping narrative of an Iraqi trade unionist

Hadi Never Died: Hadi Saleh and the Iraqi Trade Unions Abdullah Muhsin and Alan Johnson London, Trades Union Congress, 2006 Softcover, 80 pp., $18.60 plus shipping Order from www.tuc.org.uk/publications Although Iraq is foremost in our thoughts,...

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The Republican record on Social Security

1935: Almost all Republicans in Congress oppose the creation of Social Security. 1939: 75 percent of Republicans in Senate try to kill legislation providing Social Security benefits to dependents and survivors as well as retired workers....