Pressure on Wal-Mart over discrimination grows
Five distinguished members of the US Congress have added their support to the 'Love Mom, not Wal-Mart' campaign, which is linked to American Mother's Day and is the latest initiative by .
Social Security and Iraq War: Bush's Public Relations is Falling Apart
Do Bush's handlers believe that DeLay's slumping 38 percent approval rating combined with Bush's 43 percent approval adds up to 81?
Surprise Guest at Social Security Rally: An Opposition Party
James Roosevelt stood on a large outdoor stage on Tuesday in a Washington, D.C., park filled with union members waving signs about Social Security. 'Every American,' he said, 'deserves what my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt laid out for them.'
Union Raises Awareness of Gender Discrimination at Wal-Mart
, America's Campaign to change Wal-Mart, announced today a new grassroots initiative to highlight Wal-Mart's systematic discrimination against women workers.
Harvesting Hatred: Anti-Immigrant Racism Today
A recurring theme in US history has been periodic anti-foreign frenzy. We are now in the throes of one of these episodes, with Mexican and other Latin American immigrants being portrayed by the ultra right as the most terrifying “alien” threat.
The Half-Baked Baker Carter Commission
So, Jimmy Carter and James Baker are sitting at a table, and Carter starts talking about the disastrous election of 2000 in Florida....
Equal Pay Now
When George W. Bush campaigned for election in 2000, he said he believed that women ought to receive equal pay for equal work.
Straight Outta High School: Jermaine O’Neal, Race, and the NBA Age Limit
As part of the “No Child Left Behind Act”, high schools are required under penalty of law to hand over student phone lists to U.S. military recruiters.
US Exports Racial Profiling to Australia
The US government is riding roughshod over Australian laws by forcing companies it does business with to discriminate against employees on the basis of nationality.
Why People Don’t Like Bush
Is it the price of gas? Quagmire in Iraq? Bad ideas on Social Security? Support for intervention in Terri Schiavo’s life decisions? Economic stagnation? Exploding budget deficits?
