Activists from disenfranchised third parties have found a creative way to put Oklahoma's stringent ballot access laws before the voters this November. Feature continued on newswire >>
 The highway industry is back to its deceptive PR campaigns to get fuel tax funds into their own pockets.
Tom Elmore of the North American Transportation Institute addresses the issue and offers some better ways to pay for Oklahoma's highway needs.
A clue to the solution: "An 18-wheeler operating at its heaviest legal gross weight inflicts pavement damage equivalent to 9,600 automobiles -- yet, in Oklahoma since 1987, that rig has paid 3 cents per gallon less state fuel tax than an auto pays." Feature continued on newswire >>
A September 2003 hearing in Tulsa was one of several held across the country where community members testified about their own experiences with racial profiling. As in many states, Oklahoma's profiling laws were seen as providing insufficient protection against this pervasive human rights violation. At a press conference in Tulsa on Sept. 13, 2004, AIUSA will present the report along with specific recommendations stemming from the Tulsa hearing to address ways of curtailing racial profiling in the community. Related link: http://www.amnestyusa.org/discrimination/racial_profiling/index.html Feature continued on newswire >>
 Camilo Mejia, who is serving a year at Ft. Sill after refusing to return to the war in Iraq, was awarded a Courageous Resister award on August 26. His story of coming to see the immorality and injustice of that war led Amnesty International to name him a Prisoner of Conscious earlier this year. Vigils for Camilo have drawn supporters from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and New Mexico. CodePink and other groups have adopted his cause. Related link: http://www.refuseandresist.org/about/art.php?aid=1443 Feature continued on newswire >>
 Organizers of a press conference originally scheduled for 2 pm Friday on the south steps of the Oklahoma state Capitol building were forced to scramble to an alternate location when Central Services informed the group that a new policy required 10 days advance notice to use Capitol property Related link: http://www.acluok.org Feature continued on newswire >>
The stinking corpse of the FBI's infamous "Counter-Intelligence Program", or COINTELPRO, which was used from the 1940s through the 1970s against Communists, Anarchists, Civil Rights Activists and sundry other decent working-class militants, and which was "allegedly" discontinued in 1971, is fully risen from the grave once again.
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 The presidential faces towering over President Bush during his speech about homeland security perfectly symbolize a dark and disturbing legacy of U.S. history. Feature continued on newswire >>
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