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Not so sweet Segregation in Alabama Across the pond Solidarity with Iraqi people Labor energized in Indy races Forgiving
EDITORIAL: Modern day poll tax
Last month, before congressional Republicans headed home to try to hold onto their seats, the GOP leadership pushed through the House the hypocritically labeled “Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006,” HR 4844.

Left-wing candidate leading in Ecuadors polls
An Oct. 7 poll by the Cedatos/Gallup group shows Rafael Correa, a left-wing economist who opposes Washington’s “free trade” policies, is leading in the country’s presidential race with 37 percent of the electorate’s support.
NATIONAL CLIPS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Coach fights for equality for girls team SIOUX FALLS, S.D.: Fight to restore abortion rights tightens
LETTERS
Drug prices; No response is injustice; Military privatization; No money for doc? Eat more vitamins; Point of information; Big mistake
Global unions: Release Colombian lawyer
Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently.
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Info on Cuban 5 Hazleton and immigrants Poets for Palestine Nuclear power for space OK

America Tropical 1932 Siqueiros mural lives again
On Aug. 2, after reading about “America Tropical,” the famous mural painted in Los Angeles by Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, there I was, for the first time — inches from the huge masterwork.
LETTERS
Ham radio anyone? Wal-Mart fallacy How to steal an election Scare tactic vs. reality Ignore Coulter at your peril

