LETTERS
Stop maneuver against Cuba, They tried it before, What was DAR policy?, A bold step
NATIONAL CLIPS
VENTURA, Calif.: Stop the ‘Kindergarten Cop’, WASHINGTON: U.S. torture in Afghanistan, FARMINGTON, N.H.: Town protests Patriot Act, CHICAGO: Students organize American Girl protest
Capital campaign approaches $150,000
The capital campaign to raise $400,000 for three worker-community educational and activist centers is approaching the $150,000 mark this week. A coordinated campaign of the New York-based Chelsea Fund for Education and the Workers Education Society in Chicago reported the progress made in a March letter to potential donors.
NATIONAL CLIPS
WASHINGTON: Senate rejects minimum wage hike / ST. LOUIS, Mo.: ‘Show us the money’ for health care / CHICAGO: Racists considered suspects in killings / HELENA, Mont.: Bring troops home to fight fires, says gov. / WASHINGTON: Coalition protests right-winger from India
Editorials
White House lies won’t wash / Stop the Bush-Cheney energy rip-off
Gay marriage debate rages in states
While same-sex couples line up at city halls across the country in hopes of being married, sometimes defending their right to do so by demonstrating in the streets, the debate over gay marriage rages on in state legislatures.
Leftist seeks Salvadoran presidency
As El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election draws closer, recent polls indicate that Schafik Handal, the candidate of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), has a chance of winning the presidency.
A jewel
Opinion Sometimes it gets rained on. At other times, the cold winds of winter whip it. That just makes it more resilient. Sometimes it’s out for hours in snow. There are other days when the sun heats it to its very core. On all of those days it seems to glow from deep within, light coming from some well of calm, exciting brilliance.
