Ousted Haitian leaders continue hunger strike
United Nations forces have moved deposed and jailed Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, who launched a hunger strike three weeks ago to force the Haitian government to guarantee his safety, to a UN-run hospital in Port-au-Prince as a result of his deteriorating health.
Vietnams victims of Agent Orange to appeal ruling
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, the highly toxic defoliant used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War, have vowed to appeal the March 10 ruling by a U.S. federal judge dismissing their lawsuit against Dow Chemical, Monsanto, and 35 other companies that manufactured the poison.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
“In Motion: The African-American Migration Exper-ience” is a ground-breaking exhibition of the population movements that have created the African American people. The multimedia event, which opened at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem Feb. 2, places center stage the seminal role migration has played in shaping the African-American experience.
How long will DeLays Teflon coating last?
HOUSTON — As the scandals mount against Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), a key legislative ally of President Bush, many people are wondering when the congressman will be indicted. At this point, it appears the Teflon coating provided by big money, which shielded Ronald Reagan and others during that administration, is providing immunity from prosecution just as effectively for DeLay.
Social Security and under 30: Whats in it for me?
Social Security is a social insurance program that acts as an anti-poverty safety net for families of disabled workers, children of a deceased parent, and senior citizens. Many children, teenagers and college students benefit from the program. If President Bush has his way — to privatize Social Security — these benefits won’t be around for you and generations to come.
LA mayors race heats up
LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor James Kenneth Hahn will once again go head-to-head in the race for mayor of the nation’s second largest city in a runoff election May 17.
Don't take voting rights for granted
SELMA, Ala. — The Rev. C.T. Vivian of Atlanta stood in the midst of the surging crowd at the conclusion of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee here March 6. Well-wishers congratulated him on the big turnout for the reenactment of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Communists combine talk with action
As the Communist Party USA prepares for its 28th National Convention, to be held July 1-3 in Chicago, it is organizing “a wide-ranging discussion on where things are going” in our country and the world, the party’s executive vice chair, Jarvis Tyner, told the World.
No more lies, dont privatize
In Louisville, Ky., workers, active and retired, young and seniors, chanted and carried signs outside the Kentucky Center during President Bush’s election-style sales pitch for Social Security privatization, while three were removed from inside the auditorium. In Memphis, Tenn., four protesters were ejected from Bush’s appearance before a hand-picked crowd. In Montgomery, Ala., the labor federation rallied. And in Shreveport, La., residents protested both Bush’s privatization hustle and the occupation of Iraq.
Clergy and laity say: Feed the hungry, end the war
WASHINGTON — Peace and religious groups converged on the Capitol March 14 to demand that Congress vote down President Bush’s war budget and restore funds to health care, education, housing and other human needs programs.
