Voters say No to Wal-Mart
By a 60 percent vote, residents of Inglewood, Calif., rejected a ballot initiative April 6 that would have given Wal-Mart Corp.
Best health insurance deal in the United States
I want to tell you about the best health insurance deal in the United States, bar none. Here it is: The purchaser pays $35 per month. In return he or she gets ...
School budget battle looms in New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. – As the deadline for New York’s 2004-5 budget approaches, education rights activists are demanding the state find money to comply with last year’s ruling that every child be provided with a “meaningful high school education.”
National Clips
APPLETON, Wis.:Protesters vow to ‘disappear’ Bush / WASHINGTON: Students arrested for defending worker rights / BROOKLYN, N.Y.: Profits from slavery challenged / BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: NAACP to register new voters / SILVER SPRING, Md.: Peace Action says defeat Bush / WASHINGTON: Bush legalizes firing gays
White House targets Medicare, Social Security
Muttering into a microphone he thought was off, John Kerry called the Bush administration “the most crooked, lying group I have ever seen.” click here for Spanish text
Canton rallies for pensions
CANTON, Ohio – This steel city reverberated with the spirit of fight-back against corporate abuse and the politicians who front for them, on March 15. One hundred fifty steelworkers, families and friends rallied in front of Canton City Council for jobs and to save their pensions.
Cracks appearing in GOP monolith
Opinion The other day, as I read the morning Cleveland Plain Dealer, the featured letter to the editor really struck me. The headline asked, “Is There Room in the GOP for Moderates?”
Young women say: We will stand for choice April 25
WASHINGTON – In a time where many claim that youth in the United States are not as pro-choice as their mothers, a sizeable delegation of pro-choice young people from across the country aim to stand up and be counted at the March for Women’s Lives here April 25.
Profiteering blocks health care
Citing the cost of health care, Republican Majority leader Dr. Bill Frist conveniently set aside his Hippocratic oath to do no harm.
National Clips
SEATTLE: Profits vs. jobs, environment / AUGUSTA, Maine: Handicapped, caregivers fight for justice / LANSING, Mich.: Governor outlaws outsourcing / CINCINNATI: Feds make parents surrender kids for health care / NEW YORK: Outcry wins battle for women’s dignity
