EDITORIAL: Rewriting history
The Supreme Court, now led by far-right Bush appointee Chief Justice John Roberts, chose the last day of its 2006-07 term to issue a decision on school integration that denies the basic American principle that all persons are created equal. The ruling turns history on its head.
The truth about the new HPV vaccine
With the release of Gardasil, Merck’s new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), public health providers were ecstatic. HPV, an extremely common sexually transmitted virus, can cause genital warts and cancer — most notably cervical cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States.
July 14: This Week in Labor
Supreme Court slaps workers Clean up your dirty laundry!
UN rights body: Cuba, Belarus dont need special monitors
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva mid-June, voted unanimously that neither Cuba nor Belarus need “human rights rapporteurs,” special UN investigators who look into alleged human rights abuses.
BBC interviews Cuban 5 prisoner
On July 2, BBC News broadcast a television interview conducted by reporter Claire Bolderson with Gerardo Hernandez, one of five Cuban men incarcerated in U.S jails since 1998 for defending Cuba against terrorism. Publicity like this for the Cuban Five is extremely rare.
July 14: World Notes
Syria: Iraqi immigration causes disruption Indonesia: Workers’ rights almost nonexistent Mozambique: Renewed attention to agrarian reform Chile: Subcontracted copper miners strike Italy: Center-left coalition puts pensions back in budget
Heat wave in Europe breaks 100-year record
ATHENS, Greece — A severe nine-day heat wave in Europe has broken 100-year temperature records. Throughout southern Europe and the Balkans, unusually high temperatures caused many deaths, including 29 in Romania where temperatures reached 113 degrees in Bucharest, the highest in 90 years.
July 14: National Clips
COLUMBIA, S.C.: Antiwar veterans tour bases, get arrested RICHMOND, Va.: Support Republicans, lose your seat TUCSON, Ariz.: Immigrant death toll climbs in heat JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: Law restricts abortion, sex ed NEW YORK: Rent goes up, again
Communists map agenda for unity, progressive change
NEW YORK — The mood was upbeat as leaders of the Communist Party and invited guests met here July 7-8. Buoyed by the sea change in the country’s atmosphere since last fall’s congressional elections, meeting participants analyzed the impact of that change on the labor and people’s movements. The meeting also projected a course of struggle in the new political landscape.
Death has a message: Look Both Ways
I went to see “Look Both Ways” at 11 p.m., a time when I didn’t think anybody would see me slipping in without my movie buddy. If caught, I planned to say, “She wouldn’t have enjoyed this one anyway, as I already heard it’s about death, and she generally likes upbeat films.” How wrong I was!
