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30 years later, Peltier still battles for justice
January 13, 2006Leonard Peltier, the long-imprisoned American Indian Movement activist, sent out a recent message to supporters: “We are all geared up to file more appeals on new information my legal team has found while reviewing withheld documents....
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Anti-immigrant rallies fizzle in Texas, elsewhere
January 13, 2006DENTON, Texas — A group calling itself “Lone Star Minutemen” called a statewide protest against immigrant day laborers in this college town in the early morning of Jan. 7. Supporters of the group had declared their...
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Fla. high court nixes school vouchers
January 13, 2006TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court dealt a stunning blow to Gov. Jeb Bush’s highly touted state-sanctioned school voucher program Jan. 5, with a 5-2 majority declaring it unconstitutional. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Pariente...
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Abramoff pleads guilty, DeLay throws in towel
January 13, 2006Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to influence peddling and his crony, Rep. Tom DeLay, Republican of Texas, gave up his drive to win back his post as House Majority Leader last weekend. Both were signs that...
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Crowds pack Out of Iraq meetings across nation
January 13, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five hundred people turned out to hear antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, actor Sean Penn and other speakers at the Out of Iraq Town Hall Forum here Jan. 7, one of over 130 similar...
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