National Clips
PHILADELPHIA: C. DeLores Tucker dies; BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Racist rally mars Hispanic celebration; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.: Minutemen protested; TOLEDO, Ohio: Nazi march ignites violence
NYC: Billionaire mayor wants to buy election
NEW YORK — Incumbent Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been portraying himself as a shoo-in during this election season, but his record-breaking campaign spending suggests his team may not be so certain of victory. In addition, critics charge that his use of millions of dollars of his own money gives this billionaire an unfair advantage over his opponent, Democrat Fernando Ferrer.
Iraq referendum shows shifting politics
Final results of Iraq’s Oct. 15 constitutional referendum were delayed as an election commission re-examined very high yes or no votes in several areas.
Baseball fans of Chicago unite!
CHICAGO — The City of Broad Shoulders threw up its arms to celebrate the White Sox’s pennant victory Oct. 16. After winning the American League championship with their victory over the Los Angeles Angels, the local baseball heroes will play in the World Series for the first time in 46 years, thanks to their dominant starting pitchers: Cuban-born Jose Contreras, Mark Buehrle, Venezuelan-born Freddy Garcia, and Jon Garland. Each pitcher demonstrated his outstanding talents in the course of throwing four complete games, sweeping the Angels in California.
Calls flood Congress: No cuts in food, Medicaid
Human needs coalition fights GOP budget attack WASHINGTON — Constituents flooded Capitol Hill with angry messages this week protesting a House budget resolution that would slash food stamps, Medicaid and other human needs programs by $50 billion while handing the rich another $70 billion in tax giveaways.
Joe Rody fought for justice
Joseph Rody Jr., Wisconsin’s own working-class stalwart and social justice activist, died of lung cancer, Aug. 6, at the age of 86. Rody, born Dec. 3, 1918, was the son of a coal miner and union organizer. He graduated West Allis Central High School in 1938 and was proud of his machinist and mechanic self-taught skills.
Autism and child rearing on TVs Supernanny
Raising kids can be challenging. Raising kids with special needs presents special challenges. With “Supernanny,” the hit television show on ABC originally from the UK, nanny Jo Frost brings the special challenges of raising disabled kids to a wide audience with two episodes — one concerning Down Syndrome, which aired last month, and another about autism, which will air Nov. 4.
Vowing to remember August Wilson
Admirers of playwright August Wilson vowed Oct. 8 at his funeral to ensure that future generations are exposed to the Pulitzer-prize winner’s tales of Black struggle in 20th century America. Wilson died of liver cancer Oct. 2 in Seattle. He was 60.
Vowing to remember August Wilson
Admirers of playwright August Wilson vowed Oct. 8 at his funeral to ensure that future generations are exposed to the Pulitzer-prize winner’s tales of Black struggle in 20th century America. Wilson died of liver cancer Oct. 2 in Seattle. He was 60.
Sci-fi Serenity makes its point
Science fiction, when it’s done right, is a terrific vehicle for developing ideas that apply to the real world. “Serenity” is done very well. The ideas it develops are good news for all of us — and terrible news for George W. Bush and all of them.
