by Advocate Staff and Readers | Oct 16, 2008 | News
Democrat Richie Neal has represented Massachusetts' 2nd congressional district since 1989. Neal was mayor of Springfield from 1984 to 1989.One of the first Democrats in Congress to criticize President Bush's war strategy, Neal made his mark during the Clinton...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 23, 2008 | News
A wave of foreclosures combined with a presidential election is a nearly perfect storm, an evil coincidence that might cause multitudes of people in foreclosure to lose their votes. In Michigan, Macomb County Republican Party chair James Carabelli reportedly said that...
by From Our Readers | Oct 23, 2008 | News
The short list of unregulated fiscal policies currently ignored in Congress includes: bankruptcy laws shredded to force individuals into an unending cycle of debt; balloon mortgage rates with no curbs on abuse; interest rates ranging from 24 percent up to 34 percent...
by Alan Bisbort | Oct 23, 2008 | News
"So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."—Bob Dylan, "All Along the Watchtower"From the start, the only thing that could win Election 2008 for the Republicans was tragedy or chicanery, or a combination of the two. The...
by Eesha Williams | Oct 23, 2008 | News
The Nuclear Free Jubilee, a parade and rally to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, is set for Saturday, Oct. 25 in Brattleboro. Nerissa and Katryna Nields, about whom the Washington Post has written, "Their harmonies are tight, their spirits...
