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August 13, 2004OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.: Dems gain turnout edge in primary This state has voted Republican in big numbers for years, but the July 27 primary, where voters were selecting their candidates for U.S. Senate, House and state...
Read moreA message from the editor. Billiken: Only the best for kids
August 13, 2004Bud Billiken is a fictional character from the creative minds at the Chicago Defender newspaper.
Read moreIraqi unionists Traveling theater
July 23, 2004Iraqi artists, trade unionists and others who fled from persecution at the hands of the Ba’ath regime are joining forces with the newly emerging democratic trade union movement there in a traveling theater company to promote...
Read moreGuthrie portrait dedicated at state capitol
July 23, 2004OKLAHOMA CITY – (AP) Entertainer Arlo Guthrie and other family members led the singing at the Oklahoma State Capitol July 15 to celebrate the unveiling of a portrait of his father, legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie....
Read moreWoody Guthrie the real ramblin man
July 23, 2004Book review Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie By Ed Cray W.W. Norton & Company, 2004 Hardcover, 384 pp., $29.95 Since first “discovering” Woody Guthrie over 30 years ago, I’ve devoured everything about...
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