Obesity no time, money for nutritious meals
I can still see my mother walking up Palmetto Street, shopping bags in hand. Fresh green leafy things peaking out and over the sides.
The dismal failure of market-based health care
During the past two decades, health care in the United States has undergone a radical transformation — for the worse. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele examine this change in their critical study of American health care, “Critical Condition.” They blame the change on a “national policy to run health care like a business, a misguided notion that the free market and for-profit health care would restrain costs and bring high-quality care to all.”
Flight attendants threaten CHAOS
Flight attendants at United Airlines aren’t up in the air about how they’ll respond to looming pension cuts. They have put in place a strategic strike strategy as a showdown with the airline approaches.
Oklahoma picketers talk about patriotism
NORMAN, Okla. — Driving down Main Street on my lunch break, I passed a lively group of union picketers in front of the Nissan dealership here. I had a little time before I had to return to work so I swung by to talk with them and hand out some PWWs.
The urgent case for nationalizing the oil industry
If you understand the importance of oil to modern capitalism, you will understand a great deal indeed.
AFL-CIO responds to debate: Emphasis on growth, political mobilization, diversity
Putting more emphasis on organizing and mobilizing union members to impact legislation at all levels were the twin focal points of a 20-page packet of recommendations titled “Winning for Working Families,” issued by the officers of the AFL-CIO April 20.
EU Constitution faces possible French rejection
The future of the European Union Constitution remains in doubt as more polls show a strong potential for a “no” vote in France on May 29. Despite efforts by President Jaques Chirac to encourage the passage of the document, polls showed that as many as 58 percent of French voters intend to reject it.
30 years after the Vietnam War: appeal for friendship
The following open letter from the Vietnam-USA Society to the people of the United States was received from Hoang Cong Thuy, the society’s general secretary, on April 22.
Italy, U.S. disagree on Iraq shooting
The U.S. State Department and the Italian Foreign Ministry released a statement April 29 declaring that a joint commission had failed to agree on a report about the killing of an Italian intelligence agent and the wounding of two other Italians, including left-wing journalist Giuliana Sgrena, by American soldiers in Iraq.
