Letters
On John Paul and Benedict; New union can’t lose; Those ‘worthless IOUs’; A rose would be a rose…; Holocaust lessons; Mothers against police crimes
Editorials
Just do your job; One vote made the difference
NAACP launches SOS: Save our Social Security
When the hawk advises the chicken that its eggs are better off in the hawk’s nest, it makes sense to be suspicious. Perhaps with that proverb in mind, NAACP chairman Julian Bond and other African American leaders kicked off a nationwide lobbying initiative and cross-country campaign against President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security.
LETTERS
Hate patrols in Arizona. A Bush diversion. Correction to migration story. Not just a matter of $. Support AWOL troops. Nuclear threat. All together now.
NATIONAL CLIPS
SALINAS, Calif.: Library to hold emergency ‘read-in.’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Bishops against death penalty. WASHINGTON: Wal-Mart pays millions in abuse penalty. TOMBSTONE, Ariz.: Stop border vigilantes
Editorials
Corporate swine go after women’s overtime pay / Close Bush’s ‘No Law Zone’
All workers lose with Calif. workers comp law
An old friend of mine once said in regard to workers’ compensation reform, “When you hear the word reform, reach for your wallet.”
Floridas universal health campaign
Activists across the country will be watching this year’s Florida elections for three reasons: Gov. Jeb Bush is running for reelection, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris aspires to be elected to Congress and, three, health care advocates hope to place a non-binding measure on this year’s ballot calling for an amendment to the state’s constitution mandating a universal health care system based on the proposition “Everybody in, nobody out.”
Corporate media hide truth about Venezuelan coup
Last week’s abortive coup d’etat against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had the fingerprints of the CIA all over it.
