New Republican push on anti-immigrant legislation
On March 11, Republican Rep. Thelma Drake of Virginia filed a “discharge petition” on the SAVE Act, HR 4088, to bring it directly to the House floor for debate, bypassing several committees. Immigrants’ rights advocates are warning that there is a real danger the bill could pass, and are calling for intensified lobbying against it.
Bailout goes to Wall Street, not Main Street
Most Americans are having no trouble figuring out whether or not we are in a recession. Certainly not the 100,000 workers tossed onto the jobless pile in January and February, or the millions living an economic nightmare following last summer’s bursting housing bubble, the subprime mortgage crisis, and the resulting credit crunch.
World notes: March 22, 2008
Cuba: Literacy milestone reached UN: Women paid less South Africa: Death penalty discussed, again Malaysia: Winds of change Israel: Land grab threatens negotiations Guatemala: Violence continues
Coalition launches drive to oust GOP
WASHINGTON — Thousands at the “Take Back America” conference here March 17-19 cheered as speakers called for a concerted get-out-the-vote drive to end 30 years of right-wing Republican dominance and open the way for progressive change.
