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Getting out the vote
November 12, 2004GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — We were sent to canvass in this community near Cleveland. At the Slavic Village polling place Juan and I were monitoring on Election Day, I got into a discussion with the lone...
Read moreObama wins Senate seat in landslide
November 12, 2004CHICAGO — Democrat Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois on Nov. 2 in the biggest landslide in state history. Obama received 70 percent of the vote in defeating ultra-right-wing commentator and Republican...
Read moreNew film focuses on Iraq war vets, casualties
November 12, 2004“Arlington West,” a recent documentary from filmmakers and longtime peace activists Sally Marr and Peter Dudar, is a sobering, enlightening and objective look at how the war in Iraq has affected the lives of young soldiers...
Read moreNational Clips
November 12, 2004LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J.: National Guard plane strafes school As cleaning workers were preparing Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School for students, Nov. 3, they heard what they thought were footsteps on the roof. They called 911...
Read morePittsburgh struggles to save its mass transit
November 12, 2004PITTSBURGH — Demanding full state funding to maintain bus and trolley service, a coalition of unions, workers, businesses, educational institutions and local politicians organized a march here Nov. 4 to save the Allegheny Port Authority (PAT)....
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