Dr. King Day observed across the nation
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is a national holiday for everyone, except most workers working for major corporations. The mail carrier is off, but Wal-Mart is open.
Death of homeless man spurs outrage
CHICAGO – Raymond Greenwald, a homeless man, froze to death here under a footbridge in River West Park on Jan. 18. His body was discovered by a group of 14-year-olds out playing in the snow.
Homeland Securitys faith-based initiative?
Is spying on clergy who support working people’s struggles a “faith-based initiative”? Homeland Security put its unique stamp on the president’s program when it sent undercover agents to spy on a gathering of clergy and religious activists in San Francisco last week.
National Clips
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Californians say ‘Tax the rich’ / LOS ANGELES: City Council, judge oppose Patriot Act / COLUMBUS, Ga.: Trials begin for 27 School of the Americas activists
Black youth killed by New York police
NEW YORK – A young African American couple was tragically torn apart as a bullet from a New York Police Department officer’s gun ended the life of 19-year-old Timothy Stansbury Jr.
Lawmaker threatens Dallas on Patriot Act
DALLAS – In an effort to intimidate the Dallas City Council to not go on record against the excesses of the USA Patriot Act, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) threatened the city’s ability to obtain Homeland Security funding.
Who is counting your vote? Diebold & Bush vs. the public interest
Who is counting your vote? Now is the time, before November 2004, to ask that and a few other questions.
Boston to buy Rx drugs from Canada
With the support of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the city of Boston is joining the growing exodus of U.S. cities and states that now buy their prescription drugs in Canada.
Corporations blamed for mad cow disease
SEATTLE – By now, pretty much everyone in the United States has heard of the Holstein from Mabton, Wash., found to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as “mad cow disease.” What people may not know is how this disease that devastated the British beef industry in the ’90s has been allowed to spread to Washington state.
National Clips
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: ‘Terminating’ working families / SPRINGVILLE, Ala.: Nurses blow whistle on prison water / VARNER, Ark.: State executes mentally ill African American / PITTSBURGH: Marching against police brutality
