Peace
New initiatives launched vs. nuclear arms
May 18, 2007BERKELEY, Calif. — Never mind that finals were in progress, or that a sharp, chill breeze fluttered their handmade banner as they greeted passers-by on a main campus walkway, May 11. The little group of hunger...
Read moreAs 2008 approaches, Republicans fear Iraq war backlash
May 18, 2007By next fall President Bush “may find himself standing alone” on his Iraq war policy. That was the warning from Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, commenting on Bush’s White House meeting with 11 Republican House members,...
Read moreReport: Canada abets torture in Afghanistan
May 11, 2007VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A diplomatic report revealing that the Canadian government has been aware that Afghan security forces have been torturing prisoners handed over to them by Canadian soldiers has caused outrage across the country....
Read moreAfter tornado, Kansas feels wars toll
May 11, 2007Peace forces to Congress: ‘Now is the time to stand up’Search and cleanup efforts continued in Kansas after a catastrophic tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg May 4. But another storm was brewing: outrage over the...
Read moreEDITORIAL: The lie that wont fade away
May 4, 2007Of all the lies the Bush administration used to justify its attack on Iraq, the tale about Saddam Hussein’s regime trying to import uranium from Niger for a nonexistent nuclear weapons program — cited by Bush...
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