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The Rosenbergs and the fight for democracy

June 13, 2003

Opinion Fifty years ago I was among thousands camped at the Washington Monument waiting to hear the outcome of the final appeal to President Eisenhower to spare the lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. When the...

June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs

June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...

Lozano tribute honors legacy of struggle

June 13, 2003

CHICAGO – “There are really no great people. But there are ordinary people who courageously respond to great challenges,” said Carlos Arango, executive director of Casa Aztlan. Arango was reflecting on the life and legacy of...

Bush faces heat on Iraq lies

June 13, 2003 By Susan Webb

With evidence mounting that George W. Bush and top administration officials lied to the American people to justify the Iraq war, the smell of Watergate, Iran-contra and other scandals is starting to waft over the Bush...

A profound message from Dr. King

June 6, 2003

Opinion Thirty-five years ago, on April 4, 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest men in American history, was assassinated. Dr. King, who led the Civil Rights Movement from the mid-1950s to...