AN APOLOGY, FORTY YEARS OVERDUE
Margaret Kimberly, The Black Commentator
Kentucky newspapers apologize, fourty years late, for the
way they deliberately ignored the entire civil rights
movement.
*In Rights and Liberties:
here
TAKING THE ULTIMATE PENALTY OFF THE TABLE
John Nichols, The Nation
John Kerry's stand on the death penalty -- that there
shouldn't be one -- is now the Democratic Party's
platform.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/19373/
BAND-AID MEASURES
Steffie Woolhandler, David Himmelstein, In These Times
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are talking about
real health-care reform. A national health insurance
program could cover all of the uninsured, upgrade coverage
for most other Americans, and save money.
here
DNC2RNC: PUTTING THE "MOVE" BACK IN MOVEMENT
Marah Eakin, WireTap
The message behind the Democracy Uprising! march is that
real democracy doesn't just take place at conventions and
in the voting booths, but rather through grassroots
movements and individual communities.
*In WireTap:
here
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