Palestinian children and society at risk
News Analysis Israel often portrays the children of Palestine as terrorists, as faceless stone throwers. Yet they are much like children anywhere else.
Cuba and world politics: a brief roundup
Cuba on Sept. 24 called for revitalizing the Non-Aligned Movement to forge a common front to defend the interests of their peoples and their right to development and peace.
Pages from workers lives
Hard line skinners I was a teamster of experience in logging and grading camps and in general hauling and ranch work. My driving philosophy was to make friends with my animals, and it worked well, horses and mules being quick to appreciate a considerate driver. So when I was given four mules, I applied my regular formula and everything went fine.
Three DeLay pals indicted in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury here Sept. 21 indicted three Republican operatives for money laundering and illegal corporate contributions to Republican candidates for the state House of Representatives in 2002.
National Clips
LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Huge protest over health care cuts / MIAMI: Unemployed picket presidential debate / PHILADELPHIA: Workers occupy City Council, next day 20,000 rally for Kerry / SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Protests greet Giuliani and O’Reilly
Philly voter signups spell trouble for GOP
PHILADELPHIA — All summer long, hundreds of volunteers have been beating the bushes here, looking for unregistered voters to sign up to vote on Nov. 2 in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Nationwide rallies support immigration bills
More than 2,000 immigrants and supporters rallied in Chicago Sept. 25 to call for maximum voter participation in November.
Hotel workers seek industry-wide contract
LOS ANGELES — By an overwhelming 83 percent vote, 2,000 hotel workers here voted Sept. 15 to authorize their union to call a strike if needed.
Anthony Toney, painter, educator, activist
Anthony Toney, a noted New York painter whose career spanned 70 years, died Sept. 10 in Marin County, Calif., at 91.
Banned church play finds larger audience
CHICAGO — When Delle Chatman, artist and writer turned graduate theology student, wrote “The Answer,” to be performed at St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church Oct. 1-3, she was hoping to start a dialogue between disparate groups about one of the most polarizing subjects of our time: abortion.
