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Bush lies, who dies?

August 22, 2003

It’s time to lobby your congressional representative and senators to demand that they support an independent investigation of Bush’s lies about the reasons for waging war on Iraq. United for Peace and Justice, a national coalition...

Auto workers say open the books

August 15, 2003

DETROIT – As the U.S. economy lurches toward the end of its third year of recession, workers everywhere are struggling to keep ends together, autoworkers no less than anyone else. Contract talks between the United Auto...

Leaders urge no vote on Prop. 54

August 15, 2003

LOS ANGELES – Civil rights leaders and public officials announced their opposition to Proposition 54 at an Aug. 12 press conference on the steps of City Hall here. Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn called Prop. 54...

Letters

August 15, 2003

Time for a shorter workweek Over the past two decades, the productivity of labor, due to computer and robotic technology, has vastly increased while the income of workers has stagnated. So far, most of the benefits...

Editorials

August 15, 2003

Looting the treasury The Bush administration’s economic policies are tantamount to looting the national treasury. And that is not just our opinion, but what Nobel Prize winner and economist Prof. Akerlof said to the German magazine...