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Venezuela’s young communists urge unity Dolores Huerta urges youth to vote Youth launch ‘books not bombs’ campaign Youth voters underrepresented at the polls
Missouri judge strikes down photo ID law
ST. LOUIS — Missouri voters recently won a historic voting rights victory. On Sept. 14 Judge Richard Callahan of the Circuit Court of Cole County in Jefferson City struck down section 115.427 of SB 1014, the Missouri Voter Protection Act (otherwise known as the photo ID law). Callahan called the law unconstitutional.
National Clips
OXMOOR VALLEY, Ala.: Parents fight for desegregated schools SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Bring the Guard home, says Democratic gubernatorial candidate RALEIGH, N.C.: Deputies beat up African American pastor WASHINGTON: GOP culture of corruption taints drug safety, reading programs NEW ORLEANS: Where’s FEMA? Try the Superdome
Calif. ballot props: clean elections, energy
Among 13 propositions on California’s ballot this Nov. 7, two that have attracted particular attention deal with “clean money elections” and incentives for alternative energy.
Make Oakland a model green city
OAKLAND, Calif. — A vision of Oakland as a model city, where renewable “clean” energy, “green” construction and manufacturing create new, good jobs for urban workers captivated a capacity crowd Sept. 21 as the Oakland Apollo Alliance hosted a panel discussion and “Solutions Salon.
All out until Election Day!
The Nov. 7 elections are less than 6 weeks away. At stake: Control of the House and Senate and governorships nationwide. A recent poll shows that 75% of voters are disgusted by the Republican majority House and Senate, the highest disapproval rate since 1994. They are frustrated at Bush’s endless Iraq war, by Republican cronyism and corruption, tax giveaways to the rich, cutbacks in vital services, and criminal negligence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Editor tours N.Y., revs up pledge month
NEW YORK — After returning from a fund-raising and circulation building trip to New York — which brought in up to $10,000 plus a number of new subscriptions — People’s Weekly World editor Terrie Albano was exuberant, saying that even she was struck by just how appreciated and “indispensable” the paper actually is.
Calif. spinach growers were warned
Just 10 months before fresh spinach was implicated in a nationwide wave of E. coli infections, state and federal officials warned growers and packers in the Salinas Valley area to improve product safety, the San Francisco Chronicle said this week.
S. Korean leader gets cold reception from Bush
The Sept. 14 meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean leader Roh Moo-hyun highlighted a growing divergence between the two allies over attitudes and strategies towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) and its nuclear program. However, some progress was made on an issue important to the south Korean people — ending U.S. control over their military.
Dixie Chicks: Rock n roll antiwar moms
I’m not a big fan of country music. The Dixie Chicks, however, got my attention in March 2003 when lead vocalist Natalie Maines made her now infamous comment to a London audience — on a night when bombs “shocked and awed” Baghdad — that she was “ashamed” that President Bush was from her home state of Texas
