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A better world is necessary! World Social Forum opens in Venezuela, peace mom Sheehan draws cheers

January 27, 2006

CARACAS, Venezuela — Under the slogan “A better world is necessary, with you it’s possible!” tens of thousands of Venezuelans joined activists from 160 countries to take part in a giant “March against war and imperialism”...

DeLay lashes out as support plummets

January 20, 2006

HOUSTON — Support for Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is dwindling in his home district even as the former Speaker of the House threatens to “sue any station” that runs advertisements linking him to corruption. A new poll...

Calif. govs new leaf budget

January 20, 2006

Still trying to reinvent himself as a moderate, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a proposed $125.6 billion state budget Jan. 10 with more funds for transportation and education but with significant cuts for welfare recipients. Schwarzenegger’s...

Mentally ill lose out

January 20, 2006

Disabled suffer irreparable harm after losing access to vital medications under new privatized prescription drug plan I work in the field of mental health, and have managed or worked at group homes for people with psychiatric...

The housing bubble

January 20, 2006

The “Wal-Mart, low-wage, limited-benefit” stage of the U.S. economy is built on a foundation of unsustainable increases in debt: household debt, corporate debt, and government debt. The January 2001 tax cuts directed toward the rich, combined...