A day of theater to benefit PWW
The 2005 annual fund drive is underway and more than $20,000 has been collected. Plans are underway across the country to raise thousands more.
Rural Mississippi hung out to dry
A full 22 days after Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, Robert Williams of Vancleave, Miss., is still waiting for a FEMA or a county truck — something. “I called FEMA, once the phones came back,” the 32-year-old church janitor told the Los Angeles Times. “They gave us a case number and said someone would be out as soon as possible. We have no idea when that will be.”
Make levees, not war: 300,000 marchers say End Iraq war
Protesters demand justice for hurricane survivors WASHINGTON — An estimated 300,000 antiwar demonstrators marched past the White House Sept. 24 chanting, “End the war now — Bring the troops home!” It was the mightiest peace outpouring since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
