April

LETTERS

Peaceful protesters picket perfectly; New politics needed here; While spying, watch cats; A better way for beavers; Plan, please; Lock him up

Postpone drug plan deadline!

WASHINGTON (PAI) — The same labor-backed coalition that last year helped successfully derail GOP President George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization scheme has launched a campaign to get lawmakers to postpone the May 15 deadline seniors face to sign up for Bush’s confusing, chaotic, costly prescription drug plan.

LETTERS

In support of Title IX; The Seeger effect; 100 years of wisdom; For comprehensive immigration reform; It’s the rich; A song about the war

GULFCOASTUPDATE

20,000 in Lafayette, La., challenge city to provide services Elections roll on amid protests Gov’s plan lacks affordable housing

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Was Barry Bonds targeted?

Of all the bulked-up major league baseball players suspected of using steroids in the mid-to-late 1990s, how is it that Barry Bonds, baseball’s pre-eminent Black player, came to be Target No. 1 of federal investigators?

LETTERS

Fraud & insurance companies; Thrilled but Shore not first; For the record; New Orleans needs tourism; Worse in Texas than reported; France’s left leadership

Wal-Mart blocks port security

A lobby group dominated by Wal-Mart has successfully blocked efforts in recent years to increase security measures in U.S. ports wherever those measures might cut into the company’s profits, a report delivered to members of Congress by the AFL-CIO April 5 stated.