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Letters: September 6
September 5, 2008Needed: new voters It’s no secret that our nation has regular elections and low turnout. This year there is a renewed struggle led by the Obama campaign to change the low turnout with a massive voter...
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Editorial: Union organizing helps the economy
September 5, 2008The labor movement’s nationwide drive to get a minimum of 1 million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act is close to the 75 percent mark. It has caught on like wildfire. In less...
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Editorial: GOP meltdown
September 5, 2008Unpopular President Bush is kept away from his party’s convention. Texas Republican Ron Paul holds a counter-convention of some 10,000 across town, reportedly with far-right ideologues like Grover “drown the government” Norquist in attendance. The Republican...
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Angelenos call: Good jobs, dignity, elect Obama
September 5, 2008LOS ANGELES — “From Labor Day to Election Day we are in the final stretch of our Fight for Good Jobs campaign and we must sprint to the finish on Nov. 4” with a voter turnout...
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Afghanistan: Protests grow over civilian deaths
September 5, 2008New protests erupted in Afghanistan this week as the number of civilians dying during U.S. and NATO attacks on insurgents continues to soar. In the capital city, Kabul, hundreds of protesters blocked the highway to Pakistan...
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