A Plea to the Governor to Spare 'Tookie' Williams' Life
I am ashamed to say I know almost nothing about the four victims. But I do know a lot about Williams. Not about the Crips thug who allegedly committed those 1979 murders, but about the man so many of us now admire and love -- the man who speaks out against gangs and guns, the author whose life work has moved us to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Champ Meets the Chump: Bush and Ali
As I watched a video of the ceremony posted on the White House website, it was heartbreaking to see Bush, a chicken-hearted man of empire, bathe himself in Ali's glow and rhapsodize about 'peace.' About the only thing Bush and Ali have in common is that they both moved mountains to stay out of Vietnam.
Labor group sues Bridgestone on Liberia rubber plantation
Firestone, which has operated a rubber plantation in Liberia since 1926, relies on a poverty stricken and often illiterate work force to tap tons of raw latex from rubber trees using primitive tools and methods that expose them to dangerous pesticides and fertilizers, the group said.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney: The Republicans Have Done a Heinous Thing
The Republicans in this House have done a heinous thing: they have insulted one of the deans of this House in an unthinkable and unconscionable way. They took his words and contorted them; they took his heartfelt sentiments and spun them. They took his resolution and deformed it: in a cheap effort to silence dissent in the House of Representatives.
The Betrayed Mothers Of America: They talk of their patriotism, though patriotism is not enough
'I remember very clearly my son’s last words before he went back after his two weeks’ vacation. ’I don’t know who my enemy is,’ he said. ’It’s a worthless, senseless war, a war of religion. We’ll never win it.’ He wasn’t killed. He was murdered. He was murdered by the US administration...' Sue Niederer( lost son Feb.3)
Labor Researchers: Bush Policies Perpetuate Black Poverty
Bush administration policies that cut education and basic anti-poverty programs in favor of tax cuts for the wealthy have exacerbated sharp differences in job opportunities for white and black workers, according to a new report by the Labor Research Association
