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Winter Soldier reveals grisly U.S. deeds in Vietnam

September 23, 2005

The Congressional Record from April 6-7, 1971, contains testimony taken in Detroit from Vietnam veterans. That testimony is the subject of “Winter Soldier,” a documentary that will get a one-week showing at the Gene Siskel Film...

Senate, in narrow vote, OKs Bush rule on mercury

September 21, 2005

WASHINGTON — On Sept. 13 the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution offered by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would have maintained a firm timetable for the reduction...

Missouri activists press for LGBT rights

September 16, 2005

ST. LOUIS — While Missouri was the first state to add a discriminatory amendment to its state constitution banning same-gender marriage, the Show-Me State’s LGBT community has not backed down and has recommitted itself to achieving...

Egypt election a parody of the democratic process

September 16, 2005

News Analysis For decades, some would say centuries, Egyptians have suffered under autocracy and have yearned for freedom’s sun to rise. President Hosni Mubarak, who came to power in the wake of the 1981 assassination of...

Len Levenson, 92, fighter for democracy

September 16, 2005

On Aug. 7 the world lost a fighter for peace and social justice. Leonard Levenson passed away at the age of 92 in New York City. Levenson came of political age during the 1930s — the...