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  • Miami’s early voters talk change

    Miami’s early voters talk change

    October 28, 2008

    MIAMI --- With early voting for president in heavily Democratic Miami-Dade County running ahead of 2004, there’s a good chance Florida could end up in the Obama column Nov. 4. Of the 100 Miami area early...

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  • Voters in Houston poised to boot out the right wing

    Voters in Houston poised to boot out the right wing

    October 28, 2008 By James Thompson

    HOUSTON — Deep in the intellectual and financial heart of Texas, voters are turning out in record numbers in early voting here. According to Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman, a Republican, the numbers are up 106...

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  • Block the Vote

    Block the Vote

    October 28, 2008 By Greg Palast

    These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More...

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  • Northeast Ohio senior citizens organize

    Northeast Ohio senior citizens organize

    October 27, 2008

    Over 200 union retirees filled the Mahoning County Country Club in Girard Ohio, on Friday, October 24th to promote the Northeast Ohio Alliance for Senior Action. The Alliance is promoting greater activism among retired union members...

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  • Calls mount to bring troops home from Afghanistan

    Calls mount to bring troops home from Afghanistan

    October 22, 2008

    This month, as the war in Afghanistan entered its eighth year, U.S. military and intelligence agencies warned of growing problems, the country’s economic situation continued to deteriorate, and calls grew for a peaceful resolution. Demonstrators gathered...

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