“Fairy Tale…”

Posted August 31, 2004 by Mike Luckovich

VMAs

Posted August 31, 2004 by Caleb Zigas

While Republicans and protestors fought over Madison Square Garden and New York City yesterday, an entirely different political struggle was fought in Miami. When the Republican Convention displaced the MTV Video Music Awards, the crowds, the stars and the hype
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Reclaim the Commons Goes to Court

Posted August 31, 2004 by Lorraine Sanders

While charges against most of the protesters arrested during the BIO 2004 conference in June were either never filed or eventually dropped, some protesters still face fines and misdemeanor charges from District Attorney Kamala Harris. In response, Reclaim the Commons
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This Boy had his hands in the Air

Posted August 30, 2004 by tiny/PoorNewsNetwork/POOR Magazine

Family and community supporters demand Mayor Newsom meet with them about the unsolved murder by police of Cammerin Boyd“I am here and I won’t go away”, A deep heat flowed in from the tropics beating down on the alabaster concrete
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‘SF5together’s Debate’

Posted August 30, 2004 by

Dear Randy,SF5Together will have sponsored two forums this year. The first, in July, was co-sponsored with the D5 Candidates Collaborative and was inclusive of all District 5 supervisoral candidates. Twenty three of the twenty-nine then filed attended along with about
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Straight-Talk Missing from John McCain

Posted August 30, 2004 by Randy Shaw

Arizona Senator John McCain, who speaks at tonight’s Republican convention, is often described as “the most popular politician in America.” McCain has drawn fawning national media coverage, and even Michael Doonsebury was mesmerized by the Senator’s appeal. But McCain’s alliance
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“Couch Potatoes…”

Posted August 30, 2004 by Mike Luckovich

An Olympic End

Posted August 30, 2004 by Caleb Zigas

As the convention and all of its discontents officially begins in New York City, the Athens Olympics comes to a storied end. For the first time in some 1200 years athletes returned to Olympia, and now, again, it is time
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