21 April 2003
Ten days after Governor James A. Rhodes assumed office on January 14, 1963, a Cincinnati FBI agent wrote Director J. Edgar Hoover a memo stating: “At this moment he [Rhodes] is busier than a one-armed paper hanger . . . . Consequently, I...
20 April 2003
As the U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars on a pre-emptive war in the Persian Gulf, we demand that this money be spent on the real global priority - the HIV/AIDS crisis.

AIDS is the greatest global threat to human...
20 April 2003
Congressman George Miller (D-CA, 7th District), a senior member on the House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee, along with 73 of his colleagues has introduced “The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2003” (H.R. 965). The...
20 April 2003
Send your own version of this email to your Senator if you want to stop the Patriot Act.

Dear Senator,

I write to express my strong concern about media reports indicating that the Bush Administration and certain...
20 April 2003
There's a crucial race going on for Columbus City Council. It's not between the Democrats and the Republicans. It centers on Bob Fitrakis, the Green Party candidate, the only one who can make a difference. In fact, he's in many ways the...
20 April 2003
I nominate The New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg as the Remington of our time, though without the artistic talent. Remington? Back in 1898, William Randolph Hearst was trying to fan war fever between the United States and Spain. He dispatched...

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