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Health care tops list in California

October 1, 2004

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Health care is taking center stage in the election campaign here, as the struggle heats up over Proposition 72, the Health Insurance Act, which will provide health insurance to over a million uninsured...

The Republican campaign to suppress the Black vote

September 24, 2004 By Jarvis Tyner

The African American people from slavery to today have had to wage a hard, bitter and bloody struggle for the right to vote. The right to vote, therefore, is sacred; it is a basic part of...

Haymarket landmark finally established

September 24, 2004

CHICAGO — The Teamsters trucked it up from downstate. The Chicago Federation of Labor had lobbied for the funding from the state of Illinois. The Illinois Labor History Society campaigned tirelessly for it.

U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again

September 24, 2004

Earlier this summer, on July 19, the House of Representatives passed HR 1587, the “Vietnam Human Rights Act,” by 322 votes to 45. The bill seeks to limit non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam, to provide extra funding...

Peltiers lawyers seek hidden FBI files

September 24, 2004

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An attorney for imprisoned Native American Indian activist Leonard Peltier accused the government Sept. 13 of withholding documents in the case to cover up its own misconduct 30 years ago. Michael Kuzma asked...