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In wake of mine disaster, mourning turns to outrage on safety issues

January 13, 2006

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — “I just don’t have words. No words,” said a woman leaving funeral services for David Lewis, 28, one of the 12 miners killed Jan. 2 in the Sago Mine. “But I’ll say this...

Freedom Winter campaign demands Stop Alito

January 13, 2006

As hearings open, labor, civil rights, women’s groups call for Senate rejection WASHINGTON — Judge Samuel Alito spun a “rags to riches” tale in his opening testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. But his record, brought...

Growing calls in L.A. for civilian control board

January 10, 2006

LOS ANGELES — What made a recent meeting here on police brutality different from other meetings was the absence of any attempt to fix blame. From the beginning, this meeting was about changing the situation in...

Detroit labor unites for food basket giveaway

January 10, 2006

DETROIT — Over 300 Christmas food baskets were distributed to laid off workers by members of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Community Services committee on Dec. 17 in the parking lot of Teamsters Local 299. Local 299...

The ABCs of the U.S. embargo against Cuba

January 6, 2006

Bloqueo Documentary film produced by Rachel Dannefer and Heather Haddon 45 min., English and Spanish, with English subtitles, 2004 www.toddpnyc.com/bloqueo The UN General Assembly regularly and nearly unanimously rejects the 40-plus-year-old U.S. economic blockade against Cuba....