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  • Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote

    Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote

    October 17, 2008

    The Baltimore Sun debunked Republican charges that ACORN is flooding state election boards with phony voter registration cards. “This sounds more like partisan sniping than legitimate complaints aimed at protecting ballot box integrity,” the Oct. 13...

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  • Biden calls for tax on Big Oil

    Biden calls for tax on Big Oil

    October 15, 2008

    YOUNGSTOWN -- Voters in the Mahoning Valley are gearing up for the election with a candidates' forum here along with Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden appearing in the area this week. Biden spoke to...

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  • Students aim to vote for change

    Students aim to vote for change

    October 15, 2008

    DETROIT, Mich. — People here say the struggling U.S. economy including rising unemployment has hit this city the hardest and as Nov. 4 approaches, first-time voters are gearing up for the most important presidential election of...

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  • Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    October 14, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    Widespread popular support and military repression cast ongoing teacher protests in Morelos state — home to famous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — as a replay of events two years ago in Oaxaca. At issue are measures taken...

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  • Union activists told: Drop everything else and get out vote for Obama

    Union activists told: Drop everything else and get out vote for Obama

    October 14, 2008

    CLEVELAND — Warning of dire consequences if John McCain is elected president, national and local labor leaders urged union activists here to drop everything else and get out the vote for Barack Obama. “This is the...

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