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Ohio outrage: Retirees shafted

March 26, 2004

Weirton Steel Corp. announced this week that it would cut off health care benefits for its 10,000 retirees effective April 1. The Steubenville, Ohio-based company had petitioned the bankruptcy court to void its union contract with...

Dallas takes a stand for civil liberties

March 19, 2004

DALLAS – The Dallas City Council passed a resolution Feb. 25 condemning parts of the USA Patriot Act. The vote was the climax of more than two years of hard lobbying by Attorney Chip Pitts, the...

Letters

March 19, 2004

No more tiers I just got through reading “Grocery union leader assesses strike” on your website (PWW 3/13-19). This whole two-tier issue brings a few things to mind. On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted...

Editorials

March 19, 2004

A racist plot to steal the election? Are we in the beginning phase of a repeat of Florida’s 2000 election debacle? The New York Times lead editorial March 14, headlined “Florida as the Next Florida,” warns...

Cleveland brings out big rat to greet Bush

March 19, 2004

CLEVELAND – With just three days notice, hundreds of angry anti-Bush protesters showed up to greet Dubya on his first visit here this election year. Gathered around a huge rubber rat, the crowd roared, “Bush must...