Town Hall meet focuses on welfare reform
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – “When the President is planning to increase the work requirement from 32 hours to 40 hours, he better also provide funding for child care,” Lissette Martinez told a Town Hall Meeting on Welfare Rights here last week to loud applause. “Otherwise, his policies will tear our families apart.”
Im not a woman, Im a hell-raiser
A leader, according to one woman, is a hell-raiser. By that definition, the poor Irish woman born Mary Harris, who became the childless widow Mary Jones, then self-transformed into the organizer Mother Jones, was just that – a leader. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read some quotes by Mother Jones, click here.
Answer to violence: co-existence
WASHINGTON – It was a long stride toward peace and justice in the Middle East when the Arab League voted unanimously Mar. 28 for the Saudi peace plan based upon Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and creation of a Palestinian state in exchange for Arab recognition of Israel within her 1967 borders.
Support for Haddad gets results
CHICAGO – Detroit Muslim cleric Rabbih Haddad is still in a jail in Chicago, as he has been for more than 100 days.
ACORN takes on predatory lending
BALTIMORE – Over 50 ACORN members from Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County went to the State Capitol in Annapolis on Feb. 20 for a Feb. 22 hearing of the State House of Delegates.
Bush blasted for Enron, environment
DALLAS – President George W. Bush dropped in here March 28 for glamour photos by the corporate media and a quick $1.4 million in campaign contributions from his adoring and rich North Texas supporters.
March 30 protests back peace plan
WASHINGTON – Chanting “End the occupation now,” 3,000 protesters of many faiths and backgrounds rallied in Freedom Plaza here Mar. 30, Palestinian “Land Day,” to demand that President Bush give strong backing to the Arab League’s plan for a Palestinian-Israeli peace.
Low-income renters in crisis
The growing crisis in affordable housing in Chicago was examined in detail at a spirited forum and rally on March 23.
The path to real security in the Middle East
The escalating violence in Palestine and Israel is of the gravest concern not only to the two peoples, but to all people of the world.
Social Security: Whered the surplus go?
The 2002 Report of the Social Security Trustees, released on March 26, provides valuable ammunition for those concerned about the future of Social Security.
