Academia opposes Bush
Probably no other administration has been more closely identified with anti-academic positions than that of President George W. Bush. His infamous quote to KYW News Radio in 2003, “I don’t read newspapers,” angered, but did not surprise, most educators in the country.
Csar Chvez: S, se puede!
Migrant farmworker, civil rights advocate, unionist, community activist, environmentalist and crusader for nonviolent social change: all these describe César Chávez.
EDITORIAL: Happy birthday, Csar Chvez
On March 31, hundreds of thousands of supporters of workers’ rights across the country will honor and commemorate the life, work and continuing legacy of César Chávez, who would have celebrated his 80th birthday this year.
EDITORIAL: No Pace
While we believe the present size of the U.S. armed forces greatly outstrips any legitimate need, we think the right of gay and lesbian people to serve openly in the military is a basic issue of democracy.
EDITORIAL: Liars, liars ... part 2
In 2002, the Bush administration led the United States to confront North Korea, cutting off oil supplies. In response, North Korea angrily threw out International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. A full-blown nuclear crisis was provoked.
EDITORIAL: Liars, liars
Congress should launch a full investigation of Vice President Dick Cheney’s role in leaking the name of an undercover CIA officer, Valerie Plame Wilson, to the media in violation of federal law
Bolivarian socialism gains momentum
President Hugo Chavez, emboldened by his overwhelming re-election on Dec. 3, has moved Venezuela’s revolutionary process into high gear.
In Norway, does U.S. or Norwegian law prevail?
A delegation from Cuba’s Tourism Ministry planning to be in Norway for the annual Lillestroem Tourism Fair on Jan. 11-13 learned in December that its 14 members weren’t welcome at the Edderkoppen Hotel in Olso where previous Cuban delegations had stayed.
Colombian political prisoner holds Bush prosecutors at bay
An extraordinary trial, remarkable among other things for a novel legal doctrine unveiled by the Bush administration during the course of it, ended as a mistrial Nov. 21 in Washington. The jury could not reach a verdict in the case of Colombian political prisoner Ricardo Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad.
EDITORIAL: Middle East questions
More than 200 killed in a Baghdad neighborhood. Is Iraq in a civil war? Another Lebanese politician is assassinated. Will Lebanon restart its civil war?
