Corporations blamed for mad cow disease
SEATTLE – By now, pretty much everyone in the United States has heard of the Holstein from Mabton, Wash., found to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as “mad cow disease.” What people may not know is how this disease that devastated the British beef industry in the ’90s has been allowed to spread to Washington state.
National Clips
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: ‘Terminating’ working families / SPRINGVILLE, Ala.: Nurses blow whistle on prison water / VARNER, Ark.: State executes mentally ill African American / PITTSBURGH: Marching against police brutality
Texan switches parties
Congressman Ralph Hall of Rockwall, Texas, handed the congressional rightwing an easy victory on New Year’s Day when he revealed that he was switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party. The Texas congressional delegation is thus split evenly, 16-16.
ONeill spills beans on White House
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has become one of the Bush re-election campaign’s worst nightmares. In a book published this week by Ron Suskind, “The Price of Loyalty,” O’Neill joins a growing list of former officials who have disclosed politically damaging details about the inner workings of the far-right Bush administration.
Health care is pivotal in 2004
The 2004 elections are a dramatic backdrop to the fight back against the Bush Medicare wrecking ball.
Does bilingualism make you smarter?
Dequwan Well, a first-grader in a dual-language school in San Bernardino, Calif., said that he “can have more friends” because he can speak two languages. Dequwan is even smarter than he realizes. Researchers have discovered that being bilingual may make children “smarter” than monolingual ones.
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OLYMPIA, Wash.: Ballot measure opposes nuclear waste dump / JEFFERSON, Wis.:Striking Tyson workers garner support / WASHINGTON: Poison the air and hop to Wal-Mart
Philly schools hurt by GOP schemes
News Analysis Even before George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act, Philadelphia was being set up for school privatization and similar measures now encompassed in the federal law.
Black, Latino leaders hit voter remap bias
AUSTIN, Texas – A three-judge panel Jan. 6 upheld a districting plan conceived by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to add eight or more Republicans to the Texas congressional delegation.
