National
A learning experience for progressive politics
October 6, 2006The weekend before the Aug. 8 Missouri primary, about half a dozen St. Louis volunteers went to Kenett, a small southern Missouri “Boot Heel” town, where a historic state representative race was going on. We volunteered...
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EDITORIAL: The corpse of habeas corpus
October 6, 2006Habeas corpus is a legal protection embedded in centuries of English common law that guarantees a prisoner the right to petition the court if unlawfully imprisoned. It’s guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Until now. The Bush...
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EDITORIAL: Violence in America
October 6, 2006School is barely open a month and six young girls and a principal are dead. Five girls remain in the hospital with gunshot wounds. The tragedy for the families and communities is profound. Killings that target...
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While remembering 9/11, dont forget the workers
October 6, 2006Study shows ground zero workers face serious health problems. Bush administration offered cover-ups and lies.
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Board slashes workers rights to join unions
October 6, 2006By a razor-thin margin, the National Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to immediately rob up to 8 million workers of their right to belong to a union. The five-member board ruled that workers...
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