Juneteenth: free at last?
Ralph Ellison immortalized “Juneteenth,” the annual celebration of the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when the enslaved Africans in Texas were actually emancipated, in his posthumous novel of the same name.
The evils of war
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil, but no matter how necessary, it is always evil, never good.
The real Ronald Reagan
The Bush administration is using Ronald Reagan’s death to boost Bush’s failing campaign. They are eulogizing Reagan because they are hoping to win back support for George W. Bush and the right-wing Republican agenda.
Jobs, health care and dignity in a battleground state
BECKLEY, W.Va. – John and Betty Shumate opened their Beckley home to an out-of-town visitor. Rev. Jesse Jackson took his seat on the Shumates’ front porch as 100 neighbors streamed in for autographs, homemade pie and talk of the issues of the day.
Bush: Pioneering and privatizing Medicare
UnitedHealth Group CEO William McGuire co-hosted a $1.4 million fundraiser on August 26, 2003, for President Bush, and has personally raised more than $100,000 for President Bush’s re-election campaign.
Care-a-Van fights for home health care
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Over 2,000 seniors and people of all ages with disabilities, along with their caregivers and supporters, rallied June 9 at the State Capitol here.
Social Security to be solvent for 50 years
The Social Security shortfall is half the size of the rise in defense spending since 2000.
Californias SB2: A stepping stone to health care reform
As attention is focused on the June 19 Bridges for Health Care events in California, prominently represented will be the campaign to save SB2 – the California Senate bill passed last fall and signed by then-Gov. Gray Davis – which would require employers of 50 workers or more to provide health coverage.
International notes
Haiti: Caricom insists on investigation / Japan: JCP releases election policies / Nigeria: General strike wins fuel price rollback / Britain: Labor loses big in local vote / El Salvador: Boycott urged over child labor / Russia: Unions protest over wages and benefits
Nicaraguan priest: On Reagans bitter legacy
While most of the U.S. mass media have been presenting a rosy, revisionist history of the life of former President Ronald Reagan, who died on June 5, others have presented a more realistic view of Reagan and his political positions and actions.
