A brutal prison culture
Opinion We have all seen the Abu Ghraib pictures, and steeled ourselves for worse to come. The brass are trying to fob this off as an aberration created by a few sadistic guards. Is this so?
Good public policy would put jobs before profits
Opinion Allan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board chair, has been talking to the U.S. Congress. Once more he has been explaining what the best ways are for U.S. capitalists to raise profits to higher levels.
On the 50th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Vietnam celebrates victory over colonialism
DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) – Smiling and waving flags, thousands of Vietnamese paraded May 7 on the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, celebrating a victory that ended France’s colonial ambitions in Indochina and set the stage for America’s ill-fated involvement in the conflict.
Calif. seniors protest budget cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – At least 1,000 people gathered on the west steps of the Capitol building May 12 to protest right-wing Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to spare the rich and smite the poor to solve California’s budget problems.
A look at Brown v. Board, 50 years later
Commentary On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the segregation of African American children in schools was unconstitutional, in effect restoring the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which freed enslaved Africans.
OSHA overhaul
Commemorating Workers Memorial Day April 28, Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) called for congressional action to respond to the more than 60,000 workers who die each year of job-related injuries and illnesses.
What Russians think
What has alarmed the dean of anti-Soviet academics, the famous Richard Pipes of Harvard University?
Iowa author tells The Truth in latest book
Book review The Truth By Mike Palecek Writers Publishing Cooperative, 2003, paperback, 234 pp, $16.95. To order call (888) 874-6904 or visit www.essentialbooks.com.
Every Mothers Son
Film review Film about police brutality wins Tribeca award Every Mother’s Son “In the winter of 1994, police killings were on our minds because they were so much a part of our environment in New York City,” directors Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold explained in a statement.
The Illinois drivers license bill the real story
Opinion While the struggle continues for legal status for the undocumented, immigrant communities and their allies continue to fight for several related goals.
