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Hundreds of Thousands March for Peace Hundreds of Thousands March for Peace

It's difficult to tell given what seems to be a mainstream media brownout of the emerging US peace movement, but this past Saturday saw the largest day of antiwar protests in thi...

Oct 28, 2002 / Peter Rothberg

Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career

When initial reports of Senator Paul Wellstone's death reached Minnesota's Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party leaders and activists immediately asked: "W...

Oct 27, 2002 / John Nichols

Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign

US Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minnesota, is the Democrat the Bush administration loves to hate. White House political director Karl Rove personally selected Wellstone's Republican cha...

Oct 24, 2002 / John Nichols

Show That the Public Supports Peace Show That the Public Supports Peace

Help prove that the public supports peace by donating money to the campaigns of members of Congress who voted against the war and now face tough re-election campaigns. And let th...

Oct 16, 2002 / Peter Rothberg

Many Dems Reject War Resolution Many Dems Reject War Resolution

A majority of House Democrats on Thursday rejected President Bush's request for blank-check authority to wage war with Iraq, despite the fact that House Minority Leader Richard Ge...

Oct 11, 2002 / John Nichols

Protesting Bush’s War Protesting Bush’s War

You couldn't tell from press accounts, but more than 90,000 people massed last Sunday in nationwide protests against Bush's plans to invade Iraq. The New York Times reported "se...

Oct 10, 2002 / Peter Rothberg

ActNow! Launches ActNow! Launches

ActNow is aimed at helping people act on their beliefs. We hope to put readers in touch with projects and campaigns they may want to support as we feature creative ways for peopl...

Oct 8, 2002 / Peter Rothberg

Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats

Even though he is unlikely to succeed in preventing a Congressional grant of blank-check warmaking powers to the Bush administration, Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, has don...

Oct 7, 2002 / John Nichols

Blair’s British Problem Blair’s British Problem

When British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented his "dossier" on the threats that are supposedly posed to the world by Iraq, President Bush was delighted with what he heard from ...

Sep 30, 2002 / John Nichols

Schröder Beats Bush Schröder Beats Bush

The first 2002 election campaign in which George W. Bush's desire to attack Iraq became a major issue did not involve Republicans and Democrats. It was not even held in the United...

Sep 23, 2002 / John Nichols

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