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ELECTION BEAT California State Senator Hilda Solis has become the first woman to receive a John Fitzgerald Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the J
Jun 8, 2000 / John Nichols
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UNFAIR HARVARD When Harvard employees rallied for a $10.25-an-hour minimum wage in early May, backers packed the Yard.
May 18, 2000 / John Nichols
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County Fairs and Fairness Vermont's passage of "civil union" legislation, which provides gay and lesbian couples most rights and protections aff
Apr 27, 2000 / John Nichols
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From Seattle to Washington After last fall's anti-WTO protests rocked Seattle and the world, activists asked, "What next?" The answer is a week of teach-ins, lobbying, ma
Apr 5, 2000 / John Nichols
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POLLEY-TICS: "If you're not interested in hockey or politics don't bother reading this," begins the latest missive from Canadian-born actress
Mar 16, 2000 / John Nichols
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PRISON PROTESTS: February 15 was a doubly significant date in the history of US criminal justice.
Feb 23, 2000 / John Nichols
Run, Ralph, Really Run Run, Ralph, Really Run
Ralph Nader is running for President, and a fair number of progressives are excited by the prospect. They should be.
Feb 16, 2000 / John Nichols
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New Year, New Party Vermont voters have elected Independent Bernie Sanders to five terms in the US House, sent four independent progressives to their state legislature an
Jan 13, 2000 / John Nichols
Raising a Ruckus Raising a Ruckus
Somewhere amid the dancing sea turtles and bustling WTO bureaucrats, the angry anarchists and the Al Gore entourage, the striking steelworkers and the billionaires in town to sip...
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / John Nichols