Is food from cloned animals safe?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in January that meat and milk from cloned animals was as safe to eat as that from traditional animals. However, the Agriculture Department asked the cloning industry to prolong the ban on marketing during an expected “transition” period of several months.
House defies Bush fear tactics
The House of Representatives went into recess for 10 days Feb. 15 without acting on President George W. Bush’s demand that they extend his sweeping authority to engage in warrantless spying under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
California janitors kick off contract campaign
OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by SEIU held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern California. The current contracts expire April 30.
With U.S. aid, El Salvador cranks up repression
As El Salvador enters a presidential election campaign that may well end in victory for the left, the government in power is relying on U.S. help to wield the weapon of repression once more.
Update on the Cananea Copper Mine situation
As labor and management continue to face off over the struck Cananea Copper Mine in Sonora, Mexico, U.S. labor solidarity activists are increasing their activity also.
What women need
For a long while, my attitude towards the Democratic presidential primary was pretty simple, namely, let’s get it over with so we can all focus on beating the Republican. As time went along, however, I began to feel a strange combination of thrill and dismay.
World Notes: Trade, global warming, Wal-Mart strike, more...
Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States after a year of contentious negotiations.
American Cancer Society: Health insurance key to reducing death rates
The American Cancer Society has released a study, via the British medical journal, Lancet, that confirms the suspicions of many policy analysts. If you don’t have health insurance you are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer in their 3 and 4th stages; and not in the 1st and 2nd stages when medical interventions can save lives.
Remembering the Rev. James Orange
At one time or another we've all found our selves in the right church but the wrong pew when we've shown up for an appointment a day early or a day late. We feel embarrassed but, generally, it ends there. But, in the case of the Rev. James Orange, being in the right church but the wrong pew changed his life.
