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EDITORIAL: Rat leaving a sinking ship?
August 17, 2007Karl Rove claims he’s resigning to spend more time with his family. Others note that he has been a central figure in investigations swirling around the Bush administration, including scrutiny of the outing of CIA operative...
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This Week In Labor: August 18
August 17, 2007Hog boss fires pro-union worker José Ozorio Figueroa, a worker at the Smithfield meatpacking plant in Tar Heel, N.C., was fired Aug. 6. Company representatives said he was terminated for showing up four minutes late to...
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Microscopic lynching: AIDS and the Black community
August 17, 2007It is no secret that African Americans live shorter lives, fall ill earlier in life, have sicker children and are more susceptible to both chronic and acute diseases than others in our country. In fact, we...
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WORLD NOTES: August 18
August 17, 2007Poland: Right-wing gov’t may be leaving Poland faces parliamentary elections in October, following the Self-Defense Party’s (SDP) withdrawal from the governing coalition. In July, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the conservative Law and Justice Party,...
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Chavezs foes promoting subversion, separatism
August 17, 2007Lacking the drama of previous counterrevolutionary ventures against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez — examples include the failed U.S.-backed coup of April 11, 2002, and the subsequent sabotage campaign against the state-run oil company — new stratagems...
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