New Orleans notebook: One year after Katrina
NEW ORLEANS — As a former New Orleans resident with fond memories of this great city, I was horrified as I drove in one year after Katrina. On the outskirts, the fields of dead trees and boarded-up buildings barely hinted at the shocking scenes to come
National Clips
CRAWFORD, Texas: Barbecue for peace LOS ANGELES: State AFL-CIO votes to defend abortion rights LAS VEGAS: Homeless advocates plan court battle
Thousands rally in support of health care workers
CHICAGO — Wearing union-made green T-shirts proclaiming, “We Fight, We Win,” thousands of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees members joined Resurrection Health Care workers in a rally here Aug. 9 outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital.
WHATS REALLY GOOD
A giant Fidel lights Quito Students ‘need books, not prisons’ Event calls for cease-fire ‘peace by piece’
Ani DiFranco: Political isnt just business, its personal
As months, weeks, hours, even as nanoseconds haul by in this day and age, making that metal against concrete screech, there is nothing like the relief of the annually anticipated Ani album.
UN panel slams U.S. on death penalty, racism
UNITED NATIONS — After reviewing information provided by the U.S. government and dozens of nongovernmental organizations, the UN’s Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued a scathing condemnation of human rights abuses in the U.S.
WORLD NOTES
Mexico: Mayan people losing out Philippines: Labor activists kidnapped, killed Lebanon: Israeli attacks ruin environment Bolivia: Morales remains popular Nigeria: Oil barons edgy as Delta turmoil grows
Mexicos voters reject token recount
MEXICO CITY — Falling short of widespread demands for a full vote recount, the Federal Electoral Tribunal here ruled Aug. 5 that it would only recount votes in 9.7 percent of polls. The decision sparked widespread outrage.
Chavez makes world tour
Fresh from the Mercosur Summit in Argentina, where his country was admitted to full membership, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left July 23 on a world trip to strengthen alliances, secure trade deals and gain support for Venezuela’s bid to join the UN Security Council.
