National
Asian American actors career was forged by struggle
August 4, 2006Mako, the Japan-born actor who used his Oscar nomination for the 1966 film “The Sand Pebbles” to push for better roles for Asian American actors, died July 21. He was 72. Mako, whose birth name was...
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Required watching: How DeLay stole Congress
August 4, 2006MovieREVIEWThe Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress Produced, directed and edited by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck Brave New Films, 2006 Available on DVDFeaturing Tom DeLay grinning like a Cheshire cat throughout the film, “The Big...
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Disability rights and the civil rights revolution
August 4, 2006Those of us who come from the first wave of disability rights advocates began our struggle within the civil rights movement of the 1960s. We learned an important lesson from that movement as to how a...
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Clean Energy Initiative gains support
August 4, 2006LOS ANGELES — Using a neighborhood gas station as a backdrop, Democratic candidate for governor Phil Angelides late last month endorsed Proposition 87, the “Clean Energy Initiative,” which will be on the ballot in November.
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Election reform demanded in Cuyahoga County
August 4, 2006CLEVELAND — At a spirited rally July 28 some 120 union members, retirees and community activists demanded the resignation of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Michael Vu and Deputy Director Gwen Dillingham. Chanting “Who must...
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