US election watch
Poll watching - Michael Kieschnick, Working Assets
Volunteers sought to ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots.
Feel the hate - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Republican convention celebrated rage and hate to cover guilty conscience.
Hot headlines
Our dead and injured children - Ahmed Zakaev, The Guardian
Chechen leader analyzes the chain of events behind the Beslan school siege.
The Grinch that stole Labour Day - Greg Palast
Bush administration slashes employers' duty to pay overtime.
Murder in the cathedral - Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
California court hears charges in the 1980 El Salvador assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Acceptable horror - Marcela Sanchez, Washington Post
US welcomes men who committed terrorism in Cuba.
Off the economic grid - Kevin Spurgaitis
Home sweatshop workers invisible to labour standards enforcers.
Incredible, eh? - Molly Ivins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
American writer finds it hard to explain to Canadians that George Bush could be re-elected.

China: dissent at the top - Gwynne Dyer, Daily Herald-Tribune
Public mention of Tienamen Square may herald change.
Shortages loom - Geoffrey Lean, The Independent
World food supplies at all-time low; water, energy depleted too.
The Czars failed, too - Radio Netherlands
Renowned peace activist Johann Galtung analyses the tragic school massacre at Beslan.
Take action!
Save the Frost! - Shirley McCormick, Operation Perma-Frost
Ontarians rally to save Muskoka-area Leslie M Frost Natural Resources Centre.
Celebrating peace - We, the World
Join international eleven-day event advocating global unity and sustainability.
Feedback from our readers
Greasing the wheels - dfc
Conservatives, oil money call the shots with Alberta media.
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