The weekend before the Aug. 8 Missouri primary, half a dozen St. Louis volunteers went to Kenett where a historic state rep. race was going on. We volunteered to help Pat Allen, who would have been the first African American woman state rep. in southern Missouri. Though her opponent won the primary, the campaign was an important learning experience and in many ways a victory. 
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Oct. 7, 2006
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Habeas corpus is a legal protection embedded in centuries of English common law that guarantees a prisoner the right to petition the court if unlawfully imprisoned. It’s guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
Until now.
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School is barely open a month and six young girls and a principal are dead. Five girls remain in the hospital with gunshot wounds. The tragedy for the families and communities is profound.
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With media reports about the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and report cards on “homeland security,” President Bush is seeking to win back the mantle of great protector of the American people that has served him so well in past elections.
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By a razor-thin margin, the National Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to immediately rob up to 8 million workers of their right to belong to a union.
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Unless urgent action is taken, millions of Americans may be denied their right to vote and have their vote counted this November, voting rights advocates warn.
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WASHINGTON — One month from the Nov. 7 midterm elections, a firestorm is raging over the revelation that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republican leaders covered up Rep. Mark Foley’s sexually explicit contacts with teenage congressional pages for nearly a year.
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LOS ANGELES — Acompañado de su esposa y partidarios del movimiento pacífico, el soldado del Ejército Agustín Aguayo se entregó el 26 de septiembre a la policía militar en el Fuerte Irwin.
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NUEVA YORK — La campaña de recaudación de fondos de este año para el semanario Nuestro Mundo/People’s Weekly World empezó fuertemente. Tenemos escritores del semanario envueltos en actividades de recaudación y se han formado comités de recaudación locales. Estos ya han colectado decenas de miles para la campaña que empezó el Día del Trabajo y termina el fin de diciembre.
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WASHINGTON — La lucha por la libertad de los Cinco Cubanos llegó a nuevas Alturas el 23 de septiembre cuando activistas de diferentes ciudades de Estados Unidos se presentaron en Washington para protestar su encarcelamiento marchando hasta la Casa Blanca. Las actividades incluyeron un foro en la Universidad George Washington
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