Household Cleaners and Health Risks
While much of the research is mixed or inconclusive, a variety of human and animal studies have linked chemicals common in household cleaning products with a wide range of health risks.
McCain's Record on Killing Jobs in Michigan
As is widely understood, though, economic hardship in Michigan has been driven primarily by so-called free trade policies pushed by the Bush administration and John McCain. But John McCain has also used his vote in the Senate to help companies profit at the expense of taxpayers and working people who need jobs.
John McCain's Stealth War against Women – Same as Bush
First, John McCain thinks gender-based pay discrimination is imaginary and opposes legislative efforts to close the gap. This year he skipped a vote in the Senate on the Fair Pay Act, which would have strengthened women workers' ability to sue employers who practice pay discrimination.
Clemency Hearing Set for Troy Davis
ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles will hear from the attorneys of Troy Davis, a Georgia man on death row, on September 12, 2008, at 9am. Representatives for Davis had filed a petition with the Board requesting clemency this week.
Bush-McCain Economy: Unemployment Rises for 8th Straight Month
Joblessness grew by an additional 84,000 in August 2008, bumping the national unemployment rate up to 6.1 percent. This is the highest level in five years and the eighth straight month of job losses. The economy has lost more than 600,000 over that time period.
John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Politics of Distraction
As moderate elements of the Republican Party melt away from supporting the Bush legacy and John McCain, more and more of the hardcore and extremist forces and voices in the Republican Party have eagerly stepped forward.
Global Realignment: How Bush Inspired a New World Order
The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home, might devastate the US's world standing much sooner than most analysts predict.
Attorney General Issues Death Warrant for Troy Davis
(APN) ATLANTA - The Georgia attorney general's office issued a death warrant Wednesday, September 03, 2008, for Troy Anthony Davis, a man convicted of the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.
Guaranteed Medical Care for Vets a 'Burden,' Says John McCain
John McCain is pushing the idea of privatizing veterans' health care. He advanced the idea in recent stump speeches, even after media and congressional investigations in 2007 uncovered how underfunding and privatization of services at some of the country's top military hospitals caused poor care, neglect, and other dangerous conditions for wounded veterans.
Did a Mississippi Raid Protect Right-wing Politicians?
LAUREL, MS (8/31/08) -- On August 25, immigration agents swooped down on Howard Industries, a Mississippi electrical equipment factory, taking 481 workers to a privately-run detention center in Jena, Louisiana.
