The speech that moved the nation
Barack Obama made a magnificent contribution to the fight against racism and for unity in his March 18 speech on race.
LETTERS: March 29
Keeping in balance Obama’s pastor Bush’s romance with war Cuban 5 The first U.S. president Legacy of shame Canvassing in Cleveland
EDITORIAL: Stop scapegoating immigrants!
The Republican leaders in Congress and the Bush administration continue trying to score points in an election year by using undocumented immigrants as scapegoats for their owned failed policies.
Flying the frightful skies: Outsourcing and deregulation make their mark
The prevailing notion has been that being killed by a fall in the shower or an object falling from a tall building is more likely than dying in a plane crash. But these days fear of flying may make sense, as the airline industry eliminates systems that have kept people safe as they hurtle 600 miles an hour 35,000 feet above the earth.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR: March 29
Modern-day slavery Unions: no deal with murderers! Oregon AFSCME backs Obama Laborers rejoin AFL-CIO Trades Department Justices hear key labor case Warehouse workers win one
WORLD NOTES: March 29
Canada: Troops stay in Afghanistan South Korea: Business in the saddle Somalia: UN considers intervention Iraq: Sunnis, unpaid, abandon ship Brazil: Land hogging and slavery Cuba: Meeting of Cubans living abroad
We will not be divided, Bolivias president vows
He broke the colonial bar on indigenous rule, and for two years Bolivian President Evo Morales has battled multinationals and large landowners. Contrasts are stark between politicians representing European-descended land and business owners and Morales allies drawn from indigenous, peasant and labor-oriented social movements. Now Morales’ government has reached an impasse.
40 years later: Milton Rogovin photos inspire Chilean journey
Sometimes a picture says it all. The stunning and beautiful work of social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin, now 98, illustrates the humanity of working people, the poor and society’s “forgotten ones.”
