Pediatricians support adoptions by gays
CHICAGO – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an organization of 55,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists, said in a news realease Jan. 30 that children who are born to, or adopted by, one member of a gay or lesbian couple deserve the security of two legally recognized parents.
Bushs war on poor attacks Medicaid
President Bush and the Congressional right wing are planning to fund their war budget at the expense of poor people.
Carousel strikers take on corporate giant
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. – On Feb. 1 Carousel Linen strikers and 100 supporters rallied across the street from the sprawling industrial complex of global pharmaceutical monopoly, Abbott Laboratories.
New Mexico teachers:Today is the rainy day
SANTA FE, N.M. – Nearly 2,000 union members and community activists took to the streets here Feb. 2 as part of the biggest New Mexico Jobs Day demonstration ever.
Janitors want a raise after almost 30 years
ST. LOUIS – On Jan. 26, over 400 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 voted unanimously to go on strike.
Eliminating racist team names is not a trivial issue
Is the demand for an end to the use of American Indian team names, mascots, and logos too trivial or divisive an issue for trade unionists and people of all races to support?
Education not incarceration
Most of President Bush’s State of the Union address was devoted to declaring himself ruler of the entire world, without having won any election, but he did take some time out to talk about the economy. Bush’s speech contained themes that will continue as major issues in the coming months.
Education not incarceration
The most industrialized nation in the world, the United States, does not have the highest literacy rate in the world. However, it does have the distinction of claiming the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens. Young African-American males, and in increasing numbers females, are being incarcerated significantly out of proportion to their numbers in the population.
Sen. Boxer: Lay memo is smoking gun
WASHINGTON – Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) assailed former Enron CEO Ken Lay Feb. 4 for pulling out of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. She said that once again Lay is keeping the people of California “in the dark.”
No applause here for Bush budget
Any doubts about President Bush’s priorities were erased when he submitted his Fiscal Year 2003 budget to Congress Feb. 4. Dubbed a budget “that leaves no military contractor behind,” the $2.13 trillion spending and tax package was met with critical reviews from the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association (NEA) and organizations concerned with the budget’s impact on workers and poor people.
