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10 December 2004

I give my heartfelt thanks to Steven Elias for obtaining the precinct canvass data and producing the spread sheets that made it possible for me to write this report in a timely manner.

A 14-page letter dated December...

08 December 2004

Miss Saigon: From the Broadway/Columbus Series, Now Playing at the Palace Theater

Harvey Wasserman

A spectacular and emotionally devastating Miss Saigon has triumphed at the Palace Theater in a rich, brilliant production that underscores the tragedy of yet another American overseas war.

From the searing single shaft of...

03 December 2004

Voter Suppression: STEALING VOTES IN OHIO URBAN AREAS (full documentation)

Richard Hayes Phillips

Voter Suppression: STEALING VOTES IN COLUMBUS

The Free Press on Election Day posted a disturbing story, later confirmed by the Columbus Dispatch....

03 December 2004

Dirty work at the Philly polls

Margie Burns

In Philadelphia, the Republican Party hired local people including down-and-out addicts as neighborhood poll watchers, paid the poll watchers to challenge their neighbors' voting, and sent visiting teams of burly enforcers in window-tinted...

01 December 2004

Doing What Comes Naturally

Gordon Edgar

Food and its distribution have been the spark for more riots, revolutions, and political movements than anything else you can name. Still, in a rich country such as ours, food can ebb and flow as a political issue. The mid-1970s,...

01 December 2004

Legacies of Resistance: A History of Community Based Organizations in the U.S.

Jim Straub

It happens somewhere in America almost every day. On Chicago's South Side, dozens of elderly folks gather outside the power company's gates before dawn to block utility trucks from going to shut off poor people's electricity and are...

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