Hammer on ballot
HOUSTON — Tina Benkiser, chair of the Texas Republican Party, lost in her attempt to remove former GOP Rep. Tom DeLay from November’s ballot. The GOP argued that he would not be a resident of Texas on Election Day. DeLay claims he lives in Virginia, although his wife still lives in Sugar Land, Texas.
Millions send Castro solidarity wishes
After Cuban President Fidel Castro announced his intestinal surgery and the orderly succession of power on July 31, millions responded, not only in Cuba but also around the world. Depending on their class point of view, they extended either words of solidarity or malice.
Health care looms large in Maryland election
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — “Health Care for All,” a broad labor-community coalition here, has warned Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, who is seeking a second term, that health care, including affordable prescription drugs, will be a decisive issue for Maryland voters in the Nov. 7 election.
The political trial of Andrea Yates
On July 26 a Houston jury found Andrea Yates not guilty of murder, by reason of insanity, in the 2001 drowning of her five children. Yates will likely spend the rest of her life in a state mental institution.
The Middle East in crisis
As I write, Israeli bombing, with the full encouragement of the Bush administration, continues in violation of Israel’s own supposed 48-hour moratorium — a moratorium precipitated by world revulsion to the shocking deaths of dozens of Lebanese men, women and children who were buried alive in a basement of their apartment house during an Israeli bombing raid.
November elections: This battle can be won
Perhaps nothing underscores the significance of these midterm elections more than the reality of 2,500 U.S. soldiers killed and 18,000 maimed, needlessly, in Iraq, along with 100,000 Iraqi lives lost.
Millions hitting Medicare doughnut hole trap
Seven million seniors will face dire health and financial consequences as they begin falling into Medicare Part D’s “doughnut hole,” warned several members of Congress at a July press conference.
War and peace and the unions
In the life of workers, no question has remained as crucial for determining the quality of life of working people as war and peace. In 21st-century America, the overriding desire of working people is to live in a peaceful world where nations and people trade and interact in various ways beneficial to all.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR
Cheneyism spreads Support for Mexico vote recount VA unions for single-payer World corporate taxes headed for zero California labor civil supports civil marriage Rubber pact reached
Nurse speaks out on short staffing
I am an RN supervisor and I am fed up with the way patients and nurses are being treated due to CEO and CFO’s wanting more money in their own pockets
