National Clips
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: Slackers unite — and vote! / MIAMI: Seniors defy Bush drug ban / NEWARK, N.J.: Residents win free speech
Corporate TV undermines elections
Sinclair Broadcast Group has ordered its local television affiliates to preempt regular network broadcasts between Oct. 21-24 and devote one hour to an anti-John Kerry documentary, “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,” by a former Washington Times reporter.
Bushonomics: 39 million locked in poverty
1 in 4 families are ‘working poor’ Report calls for minimum wage hike One in four working families in the U.S. “earn wages so low they have difficulty surviving financially,” charged a report released Oct. 12 by three nonpartisan foundations.
Special Election 2004 issue of the Peoples Weekly World
It’s coming – Are you going to get it? Next week is the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo special Election 2004 edition.
Democracy is a principle of our faith
GRASSROOTS POWER PHILADELPHIA — The religious right has been a strong and persistent force within the ultra-right coalition that took over the Republican Party and now controls the three branches of the government.
Progressive Cinema by Bill Meyer Highlights from Toronto
Once again, the Toronto International Film Festival offered a vast array of stimulating and entertaining films. With its sheer size and massive organization, 328 films (over half of them premieres) from over 60 countries, Toronto is coming close to challenging Cannes as the world’s most prestigious feast for film lovers.
40th Chicago festival features films from 44 countries
Movie Reviews CHICAGO – The Chicago International Film Festival, the oldest competitive film festival in North America, is showing 111 feature films and 54 short films from 44 countries through Oct. 21.
Who will save our planet?
Opinion I am 93. I have seen one Depression: 1929 to 1937. Some think it started with the stock market crash in 1929. But only 2.5 percent held stock then.
The unfinished business of school desegregation
Opinion The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone.
Seniors are paying for Medicare scams
Opinion America’s senior citizens, who just got hit with the largest increase ever in their monthly Medicare premium payments, may want to send a thank you note to Tom Scully, the outspoken former head of Medicare in the Bush administration.
