Atlanta: MARTA Riders, Advocates Ask State for Lifeline
(APN) ATLANTA – A coalition of transit riders, workers, and advocates called on Georgia lawmakers, Wednesday, May 06, 2009, to send financial help to MARTA so the struggling agency does not have to make drastic service cuts later this year.
Obama Launches Renewable Fuels Programs
President Obama took two major steps this week to expand the use of renewable energy sources. First, he ordered the creation of a new administration 'biofuels working group.'
Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Back Climate Change Bill
Why have veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan become leading advocates for climate and energy legislation advocated by the Obama administration?
Stanford Anti-War Alumni, Students Call for Condi War Crimes Probe
During the Vietnam War, Stanford students succeeded in banning secret military research from campus. Last weekend, 150 activist alumni and present Stanford students targeted Condoleezza Rice for authorizing torture and misleading Americans into the illegal Iraq War.
My Brother Did Not Die in Vain
My brother, Gary, was killed on the job, at a plant called Meadville Redi-Mix.
His family, his friends, his future was robbed when he fell 25 feet to his death.
Public Health Care Option is About Choice
'Give the American people the choice,' said former DNC Chair Howard Dean May 4th during a nationwide online discussion about the need for a public option as part of this year's drive for health care reform.
An Even Worse Bybee Memo
Jay Bybee wrote another memo that nobody has noticed, one purporting to authorize crimes far worse than torture, the same crimes the torture was itself intended to create false justifications for.
Postal Workers and Paper Dust
One of the drawbacks to the increasing mechanization of postal facilities is the increase in paper dust. The machines doing the grunt work loosen the dust and send it airborne where workers can breathe it in copiously.
Georgia to Benefit from Federal Stimulus Money
ATLANTA - Soon after President Barack Obama took the oath of office, US Congress passed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), sweeping legislation designed to stimulate a deeply troubled economy.
May Day Marches in Bay Area
Hundreds of people rally and march through the streets of San Francisco and Oakland in the rain to celebrate May Day, demand rights and legal status for immigrants, and honor the contributions of working people.
