Anthrax 101
Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not. But the World Trade Center attack has left Americans with an uneasiness that makes us all so vulnerable to anything that crawls or flies about us or looks like a white powder that came in the morning mail.
American values in danger
Whenever a people suffer a serious tragedy, the usual phenomenon is a pulling together for support and assistance. Since Sept. 11, we have seen long lines at blood banks, increases in donations to United Way, and thousands of flags.
AFL-CIO head to Florida retirees: All-out for the 2002 elections
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Speaking to union retirees and activists in Florida last week, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued a ringing call to action that labor repeat in 2002 the same all-out effort of the 2000 elections.
An open letter to NYC's Working Families Party
New York City will elect a new mayor Nov. 6. The following is an open letter issued by the Black Radical Congress, outlining their stand on issues in the campaign.
The separation of church and state - an American revolutionary tradition
In our class divided society there are two sides to freedom.
Want peace? The key is justice
Our next catastrophe would be that the 'Third World War' (which Tom Friedman of The New York Times claims is already here) would be seen as a war against the Third World. Such a nightmare would certainly lead to a spiral of endless Vendettas, and a widening gap between the haves and have-nots.
State considers takeover of Phildelphia schools
PHILADELPHIA - The possible state takeover of public schools here has been pushed back to Nov. 30 due to the resignation of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to head the new federal Office of Homeland Security.
SEIU leader Eliseo Medina to keynote Northern California banquet
OAKLAND, Calif. - SEIU International Executive Vice President Eliseo Medina will be the keynote speaker at the Northern California People's Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo banquet on Sunday, Nov. 18, the banquet committee announced this week. The banquet will be held Sunday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. at Hs Lordships Restaurant on the Berkeley Marina.
Religious leaders speak out for peace
BALTIMORE, Md. - 'Our grief is not a cry for war,' and 'Honor them with peace' - referring to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon - were among the signs carried by the 20,000 protesters who gathered at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Sept. 29.
