Canada passes marriage equality law
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canada now joins Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain as the fourth country in the world to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. On July 19, the Canadian Senate passed Bill C-38 that gives same-sex couples the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.
Private bid threatens Texas social services
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Legislature passed HB 2292 in 2003, which, 150 amendments later, threatens to destroy vital health and human services such as food stamps, Medicaid and help for the elderly.
Letters
Lunchroom talk; A global culture of peace; Investigate Karl Rove; Follow the money; Massacre in Haiti; Great to see e-PWW
Editorial: Solidarity makes us strong
As our nation’s labor movement convenes in Chicago, the crisis facing working families is in sharp relief.
Editorial: Criminals at large
Our page 3 story highlights the longstanding slimy, criminal tactics of Bush-Cheney mastermind Karl Rove. It points out how Rove’s lying, cheating, backstabbing methods, dating back to the Nixon days, helped the ultra-right seize the pinnacles of political power in our country.
Labor Update
Tune in to AFL-CIO convention; Global solidarity — the real thing
Letters
Miller is no heroine; Cuba’s organic gardening ; Helpful addition to abortion debate; Message from London; Bring troops home now
Labor Update
AFL-CIO proposes Industry Coordinating Councils; Motown mayor’s DoWop proposal out of harmony; CP convention endorses Employee Free Choice Act
Hurricane Dennis lashes Cuba
July hurricanes are rare — Cuba has faced only three in the past 205 years. Dennis hit Cuba July 8 along the island’s southern coast, with rains up to 30 inches in some places and winds averaging 135 mph. It cut a wide swath across Cuba’s territory, posing serious difficulties for the country’s civil defense forces.
