US Celebrities Oppose Bush Policy on Cuba
More than 500 artists, writers and scholars from the United States have signed on to a letter to President Bush requesting he put an end to the nearly half-century blockade against Cuba and stop impeding cultural exchange between the two nations.
People's Weekly World Takes on Top Stories of 2008
First of all, the People’s Weekly World (which continues the Daily Worker, founded in 1924) has a very long history of what we call working-class journalism.
Kyoto's Bali Successor may be Little More than a Carbon and Rainforest Market
Short of revolution, I do not believe alternative international political processes exist at this late date to enable nations to cooperatively and successfully reduce emissions.
Mexican Attorney General: Trafficking of people in Yucatan Encouraged by US laws
Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina said on December 19 that mafioso networks in Miami linked to drug trafficking also control the trafficking of “undocumented Cubans” carried out from within Mexico with the complicity of criminals in that country.
Cuba to Sign World Human Rights Pacts
Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced on Monday that Cuba will soon sign the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Bush Admin. Snubs Gas Emission Goals
As expected, the US on Monday rejected the greenhouse gas emissions goals agreed upon by industrialized nations for negotiations on a new 2012 climate agreement.
Looking for a Green Job
With just about every company trying to green its products, services and internal operations these days, there has never been a better time to find a green job.
Vick Behind Bars
Chilling. That's the only way to describe Michael Vick's 23 month sentence for admitting he bankrolled the 'Bad Newz Kennels' dogfighting operation and helped kill the dogs that couldn't perform.
Turning on the Lights about Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Analysts at the nonprofit Earth Policy Institute (EPI) estimate that the United States could close 80 coal-fired power plants if Americans switched over en masse to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
The Tragedy in Nebraska: Get Guns Off the Streets Now
This morning's news is full of stories about yet another mind numbing massacre committed by a teen aged male in Omaha, Nebraska, with eight people dead and several wounded.
