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Fight for voter paper trail heats up

May 7, 2004

CLEVELAND – Ohio voters are becoming increasingly concerned about the security of some of the new electronic voting machines (EVMs), especially those manufactured by the Diebold company. The CEO of Diebold is a heavy contributor to...

Health crisis hits kids

April 30, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

When you have over 40 million people without any health insurance at all – and another 70 million with limited and poor coverage – while suffering is widespread, some categories of people are at greater risk.

Leonard Peltier struggles on for freedom

April 30, 2004

After 28 years, the courts still won’t correct the wrongs of the past. On April 19 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ denial of Leonard Peltier’s request to be...

National Clips

April 30, 2004

HOOVER, Ala.: Residents defend immigrant workers Since April 14, over 50 immigrant workers have been “detained” here, kicking residents into action in defense of immigrant rights and protesting racial profiling. According Chip Lollar of the Birmingham...

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Gearing up for the elections

April 30, 2004

LOS ANGELES – “California must defeat Bush by an overwhelming majority,” said Jarvis Tyner, executive vice-chair of the Communist Party USA, “and we must say to the Terminator (Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger): Bush is now and...