Mayoral candidate welcomed on home turf
OAKLAND, Calif. — “Unity in the Community” was the theme as neighbors gathered May 20 at West Oakland’s DeFremery Park to greet former Congressman Ron Dellums in the area where he grew up, and to express their support for his campaign to become the city’s next mayor.
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation?
As everyone knows, Ohio’s vote tipped the scales for George W. Bush in 2004. Many questions were raised at the time about the security and accuracy of that vote. The recent May primary elections in Ohio, in which electronic or optical scan voting machines were in place statewide for the first time, raised many of the same questions.
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NEW ORLEANS: Nagin re-elected PITTSBURGH: National health care movement adds another sponsor BOSTON: Campus protest greets Rice LAS VEGAS: Unions campaign to save schools, services CHAPEL HILL, N.C.: City Council says ‘Impeach Bush’
Immigrant rights activists vow to press forward
Led by President Bush and the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Senate Republicans closed ranks and turned their backs this week on the millions who demonstrated for immigrant rights this spring.
WHATSREALLYGOOD
Student walkout protests teacher cuts National campaign dumps prison industry ‘Lavender graduations’ boost LGBTQ pride Students say ‘HMO profiteer’ contradicts university values
U.S. mulling peace treaty with North Korea
The Bush administration is reportedly considering the possibility of concluding a peace treaty with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), even as it participates in six-party talks aimed at resolving nuclear issues.
Castro denounces slanders about personal wealth
The news was supposed to have been a shocker. Forbes magazine reported in its May 4 issue that behind a revolutionary and socialist veneer, Cuban President Fidel Castro is now the seventh richest ruler in the world, with $900 million at his disposal. The magazine put his worth last October at $500 million.
Sudanese Communist Party statement on the May 5 Abuja Agreement on Darfur
The Abuja Agreement reached between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan National Liberation Movement, Arkowi, was disappointing for the Sudanese people and for the people of Darfur, who made great sacrifices in order to attain a comprehensive agreement that meets their demands for a just division of wealth and power.
Flood damage points to government neglect
WORCESTER, Mass. — The worst flooding in 70 years has devastated much of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, leaving dozens of towns disaster areas, and focusing public attention on decades of neglect for the Massachusetts infrastructure, especially its 3,000 dams.
