Editorials
Who killed the Victoria 18? / ‘Way to go, stand your ground’
Editorials
No resegregation / Road map to peace
Editorials
McCarthyism’s stench / Corporate flim-flam
Bush policies erode civil rights
WASHINGTON – As civil rights veterans gathered in Birmingham, Ala., May 3-4 to celebrate their victory 40 years ago over Police Chief Bull Connor’s attack dogs and fire hoses, a report released by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) warns that the Bush administration seeks to roll back the gains they went to jail to win.
Editorials
The 2004 election season is here / Next steps for peace
Cinco de Mayo has many lessons
Cinco de Mayo is an important national holiday for the Mexican people.It is a celebration of the victory of freedom and national sovereignty. Often, commemorations focus on the military victory by a Mexican people’s army over a larger force of well-trained French troops in the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. But a look at the whole story finds important parallels for our own time, for Mexico and others.
