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Arizona poised to rout Republicans
October 27, 2006TUCSON, Ariz. — In spite of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for Arizona to require voters to show identification before casting a ballot, public opinion polls show several incumbent right-wing congressmen...
Read moreOhio lashes out at Republicans: Minimum wage measure gives boost to turnout
October 27, 2006CLEVELAND — Voters in Ohio, the bellwether state that gave George W. Bush the presidency by a slim margin, are poised to deliver a major rebuke to the Republican Party in the Nov. 7 elections. Barring...
Read moreVoter revolt could topple GOP: Labor spearheads fight for southern Senate seats
October 27, 2006Harold Ford, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee, is a “favorite son” of AFSCME Local 1733, a lawmaker with a 100 percent voting record in support of working families in the Memphis district he has...
Read moreN.J. Supreme Court marriage ruling a step forward
October 26, 2006Statement by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force recognizes as a step forward today’s unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court decision holding that denying rights and benefits to same-sex...
Read moreKatrina may have been a harbinger
October 21, 2006A year after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, I thought I’d take a look back (like everyone else) and see how we as a country and as an industry have fared since. In...
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