High-tech voting needs transparency
Enlisting technology creates a whole new set of problems in the election process.
Same-sex marriage was not the deciding issue
News Analysis Even before the polls closed on Nov. 2, the political slings and arrows were being aimed at the movement for marriage equality.
Election update: Ohio to recount vote
A statewide recount of the Ohio presidential vote will take place next month, according to the Green Party. Two third-party presidential candidates, David Cobb (Green) and Michael Badnarik (Libertarian), announced their intention to request a recount last week. Over $113,000 was raised in four days to pay the required fees.
National Clips
LOS ANGELES: Council bars sweatshop products / SMITHERS, W.Va.: Union-busting hurts communities / OKLAHOMA CITY: Peace marchers undeterred by Bush election / CHICAGO: City college teachers ratify pact
Chicagoans rally against Daley school plan
News Analysis CHICAGO — If Mayor Richard M. Daley thought he could sneak a new school privatization scheme by the public, he’s had a rude awakening. Vowing to block the mayor’s “Renaissance 2010” plan, over 500 union members, parents, community activists and students rallied Nov. 12 across from City Hall.
Conf. on race calls for proactive agenda
BERKELEY, Calif. — They came from all regions of the country and from every arena of the racial justice struggle, and with one voice they declared that in the wake of Nov. 2, their determination to fight for democracy, equality, social and economic justice is more powerful than ever. click here for Spanish text
AFL-CIO head focuses on unity
Just one week after the disappointing outcome of the Nov. 2 election to which the American labor movement had committed unprecedented money, troops and passion, leaders of the AFL-CIO gathered in Washington, D.C., for a one-day meeting to draw lessons and plan for the difficult battles ahead.
Health care is a right
Los Angeles struggles to save trauma center LOS ANGELES — In a massive show of strength, thousands of South Los Angeles residents and labor, community, and religious leaders gave notice Nov. 15 to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that its plans to close the Martin Luther King/Charles Drew Medical Center’s (KDMC) trauma center will be met with unprecedented opposition every step of the way.
