Mayor-elect Ron Dellums: Oakland can be a great city
OAKLAND, Calif. – Calling his election “a mighty victory to take Oakland in a very, very different direction,” Mayor-elect Ron Dellums joined hundreds of supporters for a June 19 victory celebration at the downtown Marriott City Center hotel.
Bush faces dilemma on anti-Cuba terrorist
High-level worries about cooperation with terrorists do not extend to terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, now in U.S. custody. Posada has all but admitted bombing a Cuban airliner in 1976, killing all 73 aboard, and trying to assassinate Fidel Castro in Panama in 2000, but the only U.S. charge against him is for illegal entry.
Nacho Libre provides glimpse of Mexican popular culture
MEXICO CITY — Hollywood funny man Jack Black’s new movie, “Nacho Libre,” which portrays the wild world of Mexican wrestling, was shot on location in Mexico’s Pacific coastal state of Oaxaca (pronounced “Wah-HA-Ca”). As audiences enjoy the comedic adventures of Nacho, the main character, they will also learn about Mexican popular culture and take in the breathtaking views of Oaxaca.
The truth hurts and helps, a review of 'White Metropolis'
Honest Texas history, when you can find it, tends to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. So it is with Michael Phillips’ new history of Dallas, which pours salty truth into long-ignored wounds.
Heinrich Heine, poet and communist?
Was he the greatest German poet, the greatest poet of his century? I won’t argue, but I love him the most! Heinrich Heine died 150 years ago — February 17, 1856 — and is still as up-to-date, relevant and wonderful as ever!
An American worker goes to Venezuela
Like you, I am very concerned about the direction the Bush administration is leading our country and the impact of its policies on world developments. I was fortunate to be a participant at the 6th World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, this January.
My father's victory in the Pacific
In 1995, in Chicago, veterans of Silver Post No. 282 celebrated the 50th anniversary of their victory over Japan, marching around a catering hall wearing their old service caps, pins, ribbons and medals. My father sat at his table, silent. He did not wear his medals.
EDITORIAL: Another step backward for civil liberties
In a move that deepens concerns about its future direction, the Supreme Court last week said evidence found when police with a search warrant enter a home without knocking can be used at trial. In its decision, announced June 15, the nation’s highest court rejected a long-standing legal principle that evidence obtained when the “knock and announce” rule is violated cannot be used in a criminal case.
EDITORIAL: Immigration hearings evoke bad memories
The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has let it be known that instead of immediately convoking a conference committee to reconcile House and Senate bills on immigration (HR 4437 and S 2611), they are going to organize public hearings around the country on the Senate, but not the House, bill.
