Pollution causing cancer in animals, new report warns
Dumping of toxic wastes is contributing to cancer among wildlife, a new report says. Scientists say that tumors on beluga whales, sea lions and other animals are a warning signal. They call these animals “sensitive sentinels of disturbed environments.”
Internet writers at CBS organize
Internet writers employed at CBS studios in the L.A. area have unanimously voted to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, West. The vote was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
Immigration detention system violates civil rights
Over the past two decades, the U.S. immigrant detention system has fractured, exposing people to unjustified detainment and frequent violations of their civil and human rights.
Jackson's personal doctor was in financial trouble
Dr. Conrad Murray was in dire financial shape when he signed on as Michael Jackson's personal physician earlier this year at $150,000 a month
Chicago debate team experience builds community leaders
“Walk the street into history with us, get off the sidewalk,” Dolores Huerta, farm worker rights activist once said. Huerta’s words of wisdom were put into action when 122 young leaders participated in the National Hispanic Institute Midwest Great Debate.
Vets and families cheer new GI Bill
Veterans and their families are cheering the new $78 billion “Post 9/11 GI Bill of Rights” just signed into law by President Obama. It will allow hundreds of thousands of veterans to obtain a college degree.
Foreclosure sit in results in arrest of ACORN activists
OAKLAND, Calif. The Brass Liberation Orchestra could be heard for blocks through the West Oakland neighborhood, as ACORN Home Defenders and supporters gathered July 31 outside the now-vacant house that was once home to Tosha Alberty and her family.
Health reform opponents resist universal coverage
The health care fight is taking shape outside the Washington beltway as lawmakers return to their home districts for August recess. Democratic lawmakers have been putting together comprehensive bills to reform the broken system in the face of Republican and insurance industry opposition, and from nervous conservatives in the Democratic Party, known as “Blue Dogs.”
2010 census a civil rights issue, activists say
Civil rights leaders nationwide are gearing up for the 2010 census, which they say is one of the most important issues facing the economic and political development of low-income working-class communities, especially people of color and immigrants.
Cleaning & greening the ports
OAKLAND, Calif. -- No matter which coast they’re on, the nation’s ports, the truck drivers who convey most goods to and from port terminals, and the surrounding communities are suffering the same problems: congested traffic leading to inefficient transfer of goods, rampant pollution-related illness, and working conditions binding drivers in an unrelenting cycle of poverty.
