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

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.

