Juvenile executions a shameful practice
Glen McGinnis was nine years old the first time he was raped by his stepfather. His mother, a crack addict and a prostitute, offered little in the way of parenting. He was beaten with an electrical cord and a baseball bat, and burned with hot grease. When Glen was 17, he shot and killed a laundry attendant and was subsequently executed by the state of Texas.
Memorials and politics
Iron Range retirees had not even had time to uncramp their legs after their three-hour ride home from the historic memorial for Sen. Paul Wellstone and those who so tragically died with him. Williams Arena in Minneapolis was still reverberating from the tears, the cheers and the fighting spirit of this common folks’ tribute to a fallen leader, his wife and life-partner Sheila – a leader in her own right, their daughter Marcia, three campaign aides and two crew members.
Change our election system
Worker’s Correspondence This Election Day I worked as a judge in a small Chicago Southside precinct of less than 700 registered voters. Because of my age, this is my first Election Day horror story.
Students seek truth in media
Fierce storms did not stop a crowd of students from the University of North Texas in Denton from attending a panel discussion on 'Media Democracy Day,' Oct. 18. On a table by the doorway were the People’s Weekly World and materials from two organizations that seek honesty in media: The Columbia Journalism Review and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). A news report from the Fort Worth daily newspaper told about a major Vermont seminar of which Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) roundly condemned corporate news reporting.
The death of neo-liberalism
During the 1970s, a new set of economic policies for preserving and promoting capitalist development emerged. Its most celebrated political expression was in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
NARAL President speaks on judicial appointments
WASHINGTON – National Abortion Rights Action League President Kate Michelman, in a Nov. 7 press statement, warned that with the White House and Congress in 'anti-choice hands' NARAL expects the president to move aggressively to 'pack the courts with conservative ideologues in order to appeal to the far right wing of his party.'
Union voters pinpoint key legislative issues
The answers given in an AFL-CIO election day survey of 1,020 union members helps answer the question, 'now what' – what are the issues that might serve as its programmatic demands as the labor movement gears for the legislative battle of the next two years and sets its sights on Labor 2004.
International notes
Italy: Huge anti-war demo / Britain: Thousands protest war threat / Colombia: Gov’t undermines justice / Cuba: WFTU urges release of the Miami 5 / Mozambique: Privatization costs jobs / Germany: Unions predict ‘Winter of Discontent’
End of Sharon era what now?
News Analysis TEL AVIV – With only 20 months as the prime minister (PM), Ariel Sharon tried to form a small coalition government after the Labor Party’s withdrawal, by adding the ultra right and extreme religious 'opposition' parties.
National Clips
WASHINGTON: Filipino-American vets seek benefits / MONTEREY, Calif.: Navy may need convincing on war with Iraq / MIAMI: Haitian workers face fast track deportation / FORT BRAGG, N.C.: Violent culture hits home / WASHINGTON: Don’t drink the water, don’t breath the air
