News

                
  • Editorials

    Editorials

    January 10, 2003

    Jobless workers win a few weeks of relief Although both combatants were standing when the battle was over, the House and Senate vote to extend the Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits for five months is a...

    Read more
  • U.S. peace movement key to stopping Iraq war

    U.S. peace movement key to stopping Iraq war

    January 10, 2003 By Susan Webb

    The NAACP has reaffirmed its opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq, with a statement urging “ solutions that offer peace over resolutions that end in war.”

    Read more
  • Bush plans $ 600 billion gift to rich

    Bush plans $ 600 billion gift to rich

    January 10, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    The battle over how best to boost a sagging economy became a matter of public debate last week with Democrats in the House of Representatives and President Bush introducing competing plans.

    Read more
  • Ashcroft under fire for mass detentions

    Ashcroft under fire for mass detentions

    January 10, 2003

    Angered by the detention of 400 Iranian, Arab and Muslim men and boys who went voluntarily to register with INS in Los Angeles Dec. 18, lawmakers and civil rights groups are blasting Attorney General John Ashcroft...

    Read more
  • Oakland City Council condemns USA Patriot Act

    Oakland City Council condemns USA Patriot Act

    January 10, 2003

    OAKLAND, Calif. – In one of its final actions of 2002, Oakland’s City Council on Dec. 17 became the 19th and largest city to issue a sharp rebuff to the USA Patriot Act. The Council’s resolution,...

    Read more