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  • EDITORIAL: Eyes on the prize

    EDITORIAL: Eyes on the prize

    July 11, 2008

    Barack Obama is not a left candidate. This fact has seemingly surprised a number of progressive people who are bemoaning Obama’s “shift to the center.” (Right-wingers are happy to join them, suggesting Obama is a “flip-flopper.”)...

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  • Beyond the landslide

    Beyond the landslide

    July 11, 2008

    The candidacy of Barack Obama for president of the United States is a long stride forward toward throwing off the last vestiges of the slaveocracy. The power and strength of the rank and file upsurge is...

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  • Lil Feist honored on 100th birthday

    Lil Feist honored on 100th birthday

    July 11, 2008

    SEATTLE — More than 150 family and friends packed the Nordic Heritage Museum hall here June 28 to celebrate Lil Husa Feist’s 100th birthday and to greet her as a warm and caring mother and grandmother...

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  • Miami loses two radio hosts to anti-Cuba bias

    Miami loses two radio hosts to anti-Cuba bias

    July 11, 2008

    Media censorship just doesn’t let up in Miami. On June 13, maverick journalist Max Lesnik gave his last broadcast on Radio WOCN where his programs had been heard each weekday for five years. Francisco Aruca also...

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  • People and dogs for Obama at this parade

    People and dogs for Obama at this parade

    July 9, 2008

    Forks, population 3,193, “logging capital of the world,” is located in the far northwest corner of Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. The town is famous for its towering conifers, loggers, mushrooms, steelhead trout, and salal...

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