LETTERS
Raytheon workers Robeson portrait Lame ducks Labor steps up in Pa. Medicare in Canada Ken Loach Elvira Arellano
NATIONAL CLIPS
FORT BENNING, Ga.: ‘Close torture school,’ thousands demand RALEIGH, N.C.: Voters elect women to top courts ASHLAND, Ala.: Tyson settles discrimination suit BOONVILLE, Ind.: Miners sue Alcoa for toxic dumping WASHINGTON: ‘Dream’ honored with King memorial groundbreaking

Red states say America needs a raise
Voters in six states that helped send Bush back to the White House for a second term in 2004 sent a different message this year, approving ballot measures that increase the minimum wage in their states.
Lizard lickin good!
One week ago I changed my status from a lifelong Chicago suburbanite to the newest resident of the small town of Zebulon, N.C.
LETTERS
Beat ’em at their own game What’s going on in Russia? Rocket fuel poisoning water, food Useful news on Latinos On ‘tree huggers’ Shut down Guantanamo!
NATIONAL CLIPS
SPRINGFIELD, Va.: Military newspapers say Rumsfeld must go ... and then he does ATLANTA: Suit seeks to protect Latinos’ civil rights COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.: Anti-gay religious leader resigns in scandal HARRISBURG, Pa.: Seniors pay more, insurance companies get richer
A Palestinian view Meltdown looms
In spite of all the differences between the Palestinian and Israeli situations, they have one thing in common: both sides are suffering government crises causing internal instability. On the Palestinian side, where the situation is much more serious, there is almost complete paralysis.
LETTERS
It’s that simple From Scotland: vision and country music Country music in the fight! Korea Surviving prison
NATIONAL CLIPS
WASHINGTON: Troops tell Congress ‘Bring them home’ NEW ORLEANS: Immigrant workers fight for wages BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Voting rights upheld CHARLESTON, W.Va.: More deaths on the job

