NOW Urges O'Connor to Remain on Court
In a statment released this week, National Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy called on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to remain at her post.
Turning the Corner?: GOP on its Heels
Throw a few indictments at the ruling party and watch how quickly things change. This week has seen important back-pedaling by the Republican Party and the Bush administration.On Tuesday, Congress cut funding for new nuclear weapons, the so-called bunker-buster, from the federal budget
Ed Roybal Presente (1916 – 2005)
Ed Roybal, first 20th Century Mexican American elected to the Los Angeles City Council (1949-1963) and to the House of Representatives (1963-1992) was a progressive Latino politician long before there was something called a Chicano movement.
A Politics of Politics: Routine and Insurgent Tactics
Routine politics—that is, voting and elections, petitions, lobbying, and interest group activity—is designed for stability. Routine politics can only accomplish minor, incremental change, at best. Never will it transform the fundamental structures of society; it never has.
Prosecutor secures indictment in CIA outing case, lawyers say
The prosecutor investigating the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson has secured at least one indictment in the case from a majority of the 23 grand jurors, lawyers and intelligence officials close to the case said Wednesday.
Race, Class and Hurricane Katrina
“I hate the way they portray us in the media,” said hip-hop star Kanye West on a NBC fundraising telethon for the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. “You see a black family, it says, ‘They’re looting.’ You see a white family, it says, ‘They’re looking for food.’”
Bush Critics Charge Failed Leadership
Despite pledges to the contrary, the Bush administration has explicitly politicized the conduct of the Iraq war. Staged photo-ops with soldiers, repeated public relations campaigns to impress the American people with the progress of its war on Iraq, and exaggerated claims about the 'spread of democracy' in the Middle East resulting from its policies are key elements of the politics of Bush's war.
The Bush Administration and Judith Miller vs. a Free Press
A free press depends partially on journalists’ ability to be protected from government or corporate coercion against revealing confidential sources of information. Obviously, if a whistleblower’s identity is made public, that person can be targeted. Protecting confidentiality allows the press access to information that might be kept from the public to its great harm.
Republicans in the News (October 20, 2004)
More tales of Republican Party corruption, abuse of veterans, an anti-working class agenda, and plain craziness.
News Roundup: Jobs, Human Rights, Venezuela, and Oil
For 30 years now the economy has failed to provide good jobs. The UN has asked human rights groups to report on violations of rights by the US government. Venezuela is combatting unemployment and pverty. Senate Republicans are proposing huge subsidies for oil giants while hating bills skyrocket.
