Protests at GOP meet to hit health crisis
The National Council of Churches, along with 100 other organizations, has sent the clarion call to everyone protesting the anti-people policies of the Bush administration and its congressional allies. The familiar health themes will be featured at the protest rallies at the Republican National Convention: People Before Profits, Health Care is a Human Right, No Profits in Health Care, Health Care not Warfare, Stop Privatization in Health Care, Stop Drug Company Greed, Universal Health Care for All, Why is the U.S. the Only Country Without Health Care for All?
Capitalism wastes humanity's time
The new Fortune Global 500 list was published in July, ranking the world’s 500 largest corporations by sales.
Speaking up for racial dignity in the day-to-day
Racial slurs happen in the everyday routine. Speaking up makes a difference, especially in the everyday routine.
One family's courage remembered
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On June 27, 1954, just after midnight, a dynamite bomb exploded under the bedroom floorboards of Rosemary Wade, age 2, in nearby Shively, Ky. Rosemary and her parents, Andrew and Charlotte Wade, were African American
PWW's new home being readied
Construction is under way at the new home of the People’s Weekly World editorial and production offices in Chicago, from where we hope to be reporting to you on Election Day.
Public television to air Every Mothers Son
“Every Mother’s Son,” a documentary by Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson based on three instances of police brutality against unarmed young men in New York City, premieres on PBS’ “POV” Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10 p.m. eastern time.
Understanding what went wrong in the USSR
Bookreview Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union By Roger Keeran & Thomas Kenny International Publishers, 2004 Softcover, 230 pp., $14.00
Lessons in outreach from a funeral?
What can the funeral of one of the founders of scientific socialism tell us about an approach to present day realities?
Speaking the truth about Cuba
The Venceremos Brigade was formed in 1969 as a means of showing solidarity with the Cuban struggle and challenging U.S. policies against that country.
Collision on I-75
A new book just published by the American Public Health Association takes a rather well-known disaster — the 1990 pile-up of over 100 vehicles in a dense fog bank on Interstate 75, near Chattanooga, Tenn., which left 12 people dead and dozens seriously injured — and dissects it so that everyone can benefit via regulatory action.
