Auto Pact: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The wages and working conditions of union autoworkers have always set standards for all manufacturing. These in turn have put upward pressure on wages and benefits for all workers.
San Francisco Security Guards Arrested During Union Protest
Security guards and their supporters march through downtown San Francisco, and then sit in and block an intersection.
Override Bush's Veto of Children's Health Care, says Coalition
Americans of all political stripes are organizing to turn their disbelief and anger at last week's Bush veto of the S-CHIP reauthorization bill into constructive action to save the program.
George W. Bush Was Saved from the Horrors of Vietnam
While the number of victims among U.S. soldiers condemned by George W. Bush to die in Iraq continues to rise, the truth of the circumstances in which the president himself avoided being sent to the war on Vietnam, like thousands of young men of his generation, are still censored.
Truck Pollution
A typical diesel-powered 18-wheeler can emit as much nitrogen oxide and fine particulates—key elements in the formation of asthma-inducing smog—as about 150 passenger cars.
Atlanta: Evictions Averted so far for Unemployed Families in Bowen Homes
None of the two dozen or so families who were expecting to be evicted from Bowen Homes public housing community on Thursday, October 04, 2007, were evicted as of yet, and they appear safe for the moment.
Last Dance for Bush and the 2008 Elections
The U.S. is at a crossroads. Why? Because the right-wing political bloc – a bloc that has dominated political life for a quarter century – is finally losing its momentum and potency.
Gulf Fishermen Struggle to Rebuild What Katrina Destroyed
In a shower of sparks, Ricky Robin was repairing hurricane damage to “Lil’ Rick,” his 56-foot steel-hulled shrimp boat, when he spotted an out-of-town reporter snapping photos.
Money for Children's Health Care, Not for War!
President Bush’s despicable veto of the extension and expansion of health care for children (SCHIP) must not be allowed to stand. Congress has the power to override that veto, and must do so.
Americans React With Anger to Bush's Children's Health Care Veto
Wednesday, October 3rd President Bush exercised just his fourth veto to block funding to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), insisting on weakening the program to exclude hundreds of thousands of children from the popular health care program and to prevent another nearly 3 million children from being enrolled.
