Labor Day and the deeper meaning of work
Labor Day. Think for these few minutes about the place of work, the place of human labor, in our common life.
GOPs deafening silence on civil rights after 9/11
Organizers of the Republican National Convention in New York City took every opportunity to use the image of the Statue of Liberty — on giant banners hanging outside Madison Square Garden, and as the backdrop for a speech by Vice President Cheney delivered from Ellis Island.
What kind of political beast is this?
The question has come up in conversations I’ve had recently: What kind of political animal is the Bush administration? Where does it fit on the political spectrum? What political label should we attach to it? Here’s my opinion.
Kerry vs. Bush There is a difference.
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United workers find out what Bush means
After 9/11, the Airline Transportation Stabilization Board was established to help airlines most affected by the tragedy. United lost two airplanes, 18 crew members and 89 passengers and soon found itself in bankruptcy.
The politics of human stem cell research
What would make the son of a late Republican president take to the podium of the Democratic National Convention and speak against the present GOP president, someone his father would have endorsed? Or to have his mother, a staunch Republican who frequently broke bread with the most right-wing elements of her party, get on that same bandwagon?
527s and the political process
Numbers, numbers, numbers. In the news lately, we’re hearing a new number, the 527.
Kerry cites Top 10 Bush tax proposals
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat John Kerry joked on “The Late Show with David Letterman” about changes under President Bush’s tax plan, including that Vice President Dick Cheney can claim the president as a dependent.
Laundry workers describe work hazards
ST. LOUIS — “We have lots of health and safety issues within our plant,” Yvonne Wolcott, a laundry worker, told over 200 people attending the second national Jobs with Justice Workers Rights Board hearing held here Sept. 22.
International notes
Haiti: Hurricane deaths exceed 2,000 / Korean Peninsula: U.S. redeployment ‘provocative’ / Mexico: Unemployment soars / Canada: Farm workers suffer / China: Farmers’ income up / Malawi: Police fire on protesting tea workers
