Social Security and under 30: Whats in it for me?
Social Security is a social insurance program that acts as an anti-poverty safety net for families of disabled workers, children of a deceased parent, and senior citizens. Many children, teenagers and college students benefit from the program. If President Bush has his way — to privatize Social Security — these benefits won’t be around for you and generations to come.
LA mayors race heats up
LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor James Kenneth Hahn will once again go head-to-head in the race for mayor of the nation’s second largest city in a runoff election May 17.
Don't take voting rights for granted
SELMA, Ala. — The Rev. C.T. Vivian of Atlanta stood in the midst of the surging crowd at the conclusion of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee here March 6. Well-wishers congratulated him on the big turnout for the reenactment of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Communists combine talk with action
As the Communist Party USA prepares for its 28th National Convention, to be held July 1-3 in Chicago, it is organizing “a wide-ranging discussion on where things are going” in our country and the world, the party’s executive vice chair, Jarvis Tyner, told the World.
No more lies, dont privatize
In Louisville, Ky., workers, active and retired, young and seniors, chanted and carried signs outside the Kentucky Center during President Bush’s election-style sales pitch for Social Security privatization, while three were removed from inside the auditorium. In Memphis, Tenn., four protesters were ejected from Bush’s appearance before a hand-picked crowd. In Montgomery, Ala., the labor federation rallied. And in Shreveport, La., residents protested both Bush’s privatization hustle and the occupation of Iraq.
Clergy and laity say: Feed the hungry, end the war
WASHINGTON — Peace and religious groups converged on the Capitol March 14 to demand that Congress vote down President Bush’s war budget and restore funds to health care, education, housing and other human needs programs.
Invisible giants honored in Selma
SELMA, Ala. — They were “invisible giants,” women and men who served as foot-soldiers of the struggle for voting rights.
Doris Glenn 1920-2005
Doris Margaret Glenn born July 5, 1920, was called home to God on Feb. 27, after a 10 year battle with MS.
Lessons from the Maine paperworkers strike
BOOK REVIEW Divided We Fall By Peter Kellman Apex Press, 2004 Softcover, 194 pp., $29.95
Irish women will be heard
NEW YORK — Several months ago, when I was appearing in “Women on the Verge of HRT” at the Irish Arts Center, Marie Jones (author of “Stones in his Pockets” and “Women on the Verge”) went into a bookstore and asked where was the section that included work by Irish women. The clerk paused for a moment and then said, “Madam, there are no Irish women playwrights!”
