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We need a new New Deal

September 17, 2004

On the surface there are some interesting parallels. Both were Democrats who came from wealthy families and were educated in elite schools. Both decided on political careers and gained national attention as young men. The two...

America the Beautiful a call to struggle

September 17, 2004 By Tim Yeager

In 1893, a 34-year-old English teacher from Massachusetts rode a mule to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. As she stood at the summit, she beheld the vista of the Great Plains spreading out to...

Change Congress in 2004

September 17, 2004

Opinion As more troops die daily in Iraq, and more Americans are left without health care and jobs every week, voters are paying attention to who will represent them in Congress. It will be hard to...

STOP Bushs drive to shred the Constitution

September 17, 2004

On October 26, 2001, while the country was still stunned and in mourning over the Sept. 11 attacks, and while the day-to-day work of Congress was disrupted by the anthrax scare, Congress passed and President George...

Backlog blocks many immigrants from voting

September 17, 2004

Jose Victor, an immigrant from Guatemala who works as a waiter in Long Island, didn’t pay much attention to the Republican National Convention being held nearby in New York City a couple of weeks ago. Not...