Coalition launches drive to oust GOP
WASHINGTON — Thousands at the “Take Back America” conference here March 17-19 cheered as speakers called for a concerted get-out-the-vote drive to end 30 years of right-wing Republican dominance and open the way for progressive change.
Rendering the Palestinian Authority irrelevant
Although the calm in Gaza did not last for more than a few days it marks a very significant development in the ongoing power struggle between Israel, Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
Free speech? Not in Troy, N.Y.
TROY, N.Y.—An exhibit by Iraqi-born digital media artist Wafaa Bilal at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, a suburb of Albany, was suspended by school administrators earlier this month “pending a more complete review of its origin, content, and intent.” The school’s president, Shirley Jackson, closed the show under pressure from Campus Republicans—who claimed that Bilal was a threat to national security.
Inequality, women and the working class
To be unequal is a harsh reality. We grew up in the USA under the belief system that all men are created equal. Historically, that concept was a great advance in opposition to the concept of innate superiority of the nobility and royals in England.
NAFTA, Obama and Clinton
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have issued statements criticizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and calling for its renegotiation.
World Notes: Literacy, women's rights, death penalty ...
Speaking to reporters, Cuban Minister of Education Luis Ignacio Gomez indicated that as of March 13 three million people worldwide have learned to read and write through the Cuban method of literacy training known as Yo sí puedo (“Yes I can”).
We are Barry Bonds
The news has been filled in recent months with stories about the surreptitious use of performance enhancing drugs by many of our sports heroes. Superstars like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Marion Jones reportedly have used steroids to pump up their bodies and give them a competitive advantage.
Shipyard workers organize to stop 21st century slavery
PASCAGOULA, Miss.-- More than 100 workers, carrying signs reading 'I Am A Man,' walked off the job at a Mississippi shipyard March 11 to protest conditions of slavery.
Psychologists condemn torture
The American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives has introduced new wording in a resolution to clarify the ethical responsibilities of psychologists in harsh interrogation techniques.
Winter Soldiers offer look at reality in Iraq
Soldier, Camilo Mejia, who spent nine months in prison for refusing to return to Iraq combat, appealed for an outpouring of resistance to the five-year Iraq war as the war enters its sixth year with no end in sight.
