Fla. leaders blast Enron ties
As news surfaced that 31 state and local pension funds lost a combined $1.5 billion in the collapse of Enron, Florida leaders angrily denounced the Bush administration for refusing to turn over documents about ties to the bankrupt Enron Corporation. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information, visit the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans.
Remembering Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in 1926 and chose to celebrate it the second week of February because it marks the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who left an indelible mark on African-American history. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information, visit The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies.
Peace march called for April 20
The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) has made a call for a massive march and demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 20. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more on this upcoming event, visit The National Coalition for Peace & Justice or the soon to be active National Youth & Student Peace Coalition website.
Bush calls for wider war, is silent on Enron
With unprecedented aggressiveness and arrogance George W. Bush warned in his first State of the Union message, Jan. 29, that his “war against terrorism is only beginning” and other nations including North Korea, Iran and Iraq are on his target list.
Last tango in Houston: Enron and Bush
Never before, not even during the depths of Teapot Dome and Watergate, has the stench of corporate money hung so heavy over Washington as it does today. For the entire article, click on the headline. For the AFL-CIO's January 25 press release on Enron, click here.
State of the Union: whose America?
Historically, presidents have used their State of the Union address as a stage from which to sketch their vision of the nation and its future. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's statement Bush's address, click here.
White House undermines women
The Bush administration’s assaults on women’s programs continued right up until the ball dropped on 2001, with a late December announcement that the 10 regional offices of the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau will be axed this year.
11th hour on global warming
Last year was the second warmest since regular records began 120 years ago, according to the National Climatic Data Center, and scientists predict 2002 may be the warmest year yet. Global warming is here, and an international panel of scientists has determined that humans are in large part responsible.
Missile defense: fools gold
When the Pentagon’s latest “kill vehicle” slammed into a mock warhead 140 miles above the Pacific Ocean, the Bush administration and defense contractors cheered: National missile defense was one step closer to fruition.
Sixth Amendment rights denied
CHICAGO – First Defense Legal Aid, an organization which provides police station defense to thousands of low income and minority people accused the Chicago police of systematically denying Chicagoans their Sixth Amendment right to an attorney.
