
University of Michigan students pledge to save their country
Representative John D. Dingell put the question directly. "Republicans talk about taking the country back and I want to ask, back to what? Bush? Hoover? 1900? Louis XIII?"

Rich Cho becomes NBA’s first Asian American GM
Rich Cho, 45, made basketball history last month after becoming the first Asian American general manager of an NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers.

After Mayor Daley: activists look for coalition builder
Longtime Chicago independent political and labor activists weigh in on the recent announcement that Mayor Richard M. Daley will not seek his seventh term next year.
Polls show GOP "tsunami" not happening
Three polls out yesterday, like the Gallup poll released a day earlier, show that the predicted Republican wave in the mid-term elections could be failing to materialize.
Cuban Five: What is to be done?
The time is now put the fight to liberate Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, René Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez on a campaign footing.

Republicans “deaf ” to Black farmers’ $1.25 billion claim
WASHINGTON – Willie E. Adams, a founding member of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA), has been fighting U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) discrimination in denying Black farmers federal loans for as long as he has been a farmer.

New York leads the way for ‘One Nation' rally
Based on the mobilization in New York alone, it appears likely that the One Nation rally in Washington D.C. on October 2nd could be an overwhelming success.

Obama slams Republicans on economy
The president came out swinging in a major economic policy speech in Cleveland, Sept. 8, against Republican Party obstructionism.
As GOP says “no” to stimulus, Dems close 10-point Gallup gap
Republicans call President Obama a "carjacker" for his stimulus plan, as Democrats close gap in new poll.

Republicans offer "Roadmap" over the cliff
If Republicans gain control of Congress in November; the "Roadmap for America's Future" may well be their guiding policy blueprint.

