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Issue: October 2003

Voume 2, Issue 1

News and Views

Ahnold Heads to Sack of Mentos

ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | The Austrian-born body builder turned movie star turned groper turned politician becomes governor thanks to a partisan powergrab.


Flawed Prop 54 Voted Down

HEIDI KHALED | Proposition 54 had little time for exposure. And it was voted down in little time.


Grocery Workers Fight for Wages, Benefits

MATTHEW CARDINALE | Your grocery baggers and cashiers are fighting for their livelihood.


Business Leaders Sickened by New CA Health Care Law

SANDRA KINTAUDI | Learn about this little known law that may affect how your employers do business with their employees.

Op-Ed

The Iraq War: Chickens Come Home

EDITORIAL | Sure, we're rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure...without a lot of help, and it's costing lives.


The Abortion Topic...Again

DAVID PHAM | Abortions are a demand. Unwanted pregnancies are the cause. What can we do to decrease abortions? The answer is on the next page.


Reclaiming Liberalism

ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | The word 'liberalism' has been commandeered by many and it's time to take it back.


Calling it Truce

DAVID PHAM | Conservatives are greedy, rich, oppressive, belligerent, homophobic, racists.


Fight Back! with David Horowitz

RICHARD NGUYEN | Learn about the hardest working consumer advocate who fights against corporations and their tricky, frustrating tactics


National WHAT Week?

CHELSEA THOMPSON | National Protect Marriage Week is a slap in the face for those who are not allowed to be married.


The Direction of the Democratic Party

JAMISON POWER | With the California governorship, the White House, and both houses of Congress in Republican control, is the Democratic Party doomed?.

Special

Boiling Point: Getting my U.S. Citizenship

KUMAR PARTHEPAN | A personal account of the naturalization process and finding out what it really means to be a true American.


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No Tax Cuts for the Rich!

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