Youth Org. Launches Voter Drive to Reject 'Dirty Energy'
The youth-led Energy Action Coalition this week launched a nationwide campaign called 'Power Vote' to enlist 1 million young voters across the country to pledge to vote on Nov. 4th for candidates who have the best environmental and energy policies.
Bolivians Reject Bush Admin.-sponsored Ultra-Right Violence
Bolivians on Wednesday rejected violent protests in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, and announced actions aimed at forcing a dialogue between the government and the opposition.
Atlanta Court Rejects Appeal of Cuban Five Anti-terrorist Case
The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on September 2 denied the defense’s request for a hearing to reconsider the case of the five anti-terrorist Cubans, who will have spent a decade of illegal incarceration in the United States on September 12.
McCain Won't Help Floridians Facing Foreclosure, Unemployment, or Hurricanes
Hurricanes aren't the only force to slam Florida in the recent past. Grinding economic recession has taken its own toll over the past two years.
Obama's Tax Relief Plan Contrasted With McCain's
John McCain has been targeting some battleground states with a misleading ad campaign that claims Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on working families. Recent analysis of the two candidates' tax plans by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center reveals, however, that all but the wealthiest households would see lower taxes under the Obama plan than under McCain.
Earmarks, Lobbyists, and Abramoff: John McCain is No Reformer
John McCain has launched a campaign against his own record and George W. Bush in his bid to become the next president. The latest McCain campaign ad pushes the idea that McCain is a 'maverick' who once criticized George W. Bush.
John McCain's Confusion about the Definition of 'Change'
Since the Republican convention, John McCain has begun to campaign against himself, the Republican Party's record, and against George W. Bush. He has mimicked the Obama campaign's slogan of change so much, he appears to be having an identity crisis.
The McCain-Palin Con Game
The surreal Republican convention has ended. Sneering, smirking reactionaries took the platform to mock Barack Obama's work in the 1980s as a community organizer in Chicago.
From 'Dominion' to Domination: The Duplicity and Complicity of Matthew Scully
In 2002, arch-conservative Matthew Scully wrote a book called, Dominion: The Power of Man, The Suffering of Animals, and The Call to Mercy, that was universally and uncritically acclaimed by the animal advocacy movement.
Georgia Democratic Party Suing over Voter ID Law
ATLANTA -- On May 23rd 2008 the Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia in Superior Court of Fulton County for requiring a photo ID in order to vote. In a parallel case, the party is suing in State court as well, based on the Georgia Constitution.
