Peace

Kucinich calls for end to funding of Iraq war

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a night of tumultuous applause and repeated standing ovations, from the introduction of war resister First Lieutenant Ehren Watada’s mother, Carolyn Ho, by San Francisco Labor Council head Tim Paulson, to...

We voted for peace Marchers tell Congress to end Iraq war

WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 antiwar lobbyists from 48 states visited hundreds of lawmakers’ offices on Monday, Jan. 29, to urge them to pass a Senate resolution opposing the Iraq war and to use the “power...

CARTOON

Fervent wishes for the New Year

Every day during December there were reports of young Marines begin killed in Iraq. Each report brought a terrible tinge of fear: would this report be of the 20-year-old Marine Humvee driver who’s been there since...

Hey, recruiters, leave those kids alone

Teachers unions, other public education advocates, parents, administrators and students are gearing up for a big fight on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind law that will happen this year. Some will be rightfully...