U.S.
Labor hits the ground running
November 17, 2006In Ohio, issues of Iraq, jobs, Social Security and health care top the agenda CLEVELAND — Flush with victory in the Nov. 7 elections, Cleveland’s labor activists, like their counterparts elsewhere, are pressing to broaden the...
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Bernie Sanders elected to U.S. Senate
November 10, 2006BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie Sanders, the six-term independent congressman from Vermont, swept to victory in the race for U.S. Senate over Republican billionaire Rich Tarrant. In an election in which 70 percent of Vermonters said they...
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Anti-immigrant Republicans suffer election losses
November 10, 2006Commentary Time will tell what the impact of the Nov. 7 election on the immigration question will be. For the short term, it is worth noting that the Republicans lost at least 9 House seats held...
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EDITORIAL: Hail victory, move forward
November 10, 2006It was about Iraq, corruption, economic insecurity and the failure of government during Katrina. And no matter what name was on the ballot, it was about George W. Bush and the disastrous policies of the Republican...
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Voters clean house: Rejecting Bush agenda, Americans look for new direction
November 10, 2006WASHINGTON — Fired by anger and disgust with George W. Bush, the Iraq war, corporate greed, corruption and human needs cutbacks, voters went to the polls Nov. 7 and terminated 12 years of Republican control of...
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