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Davis-Bacon wage protection restored

October 28, 2005

America’s working families were outraged when President Bush slashed wages for workers in the hurricane-hit areas, and they’ve won a huge victory today by forcing Bush to restore prevailing wage requirements in the Gulf on November...

15th Ibero-American Summit supports Cuba

October 21, 2005

Nineteen Latin American nations, plus Spain, Portugal and Andorra, sent high-level representatives to Salamanca, Spain, Oct. 14-15. The occasion was the 15th Ibero-American Summit. Cuba figured significantly in the proceedings. Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, head...

Millions More Movement draws thousands to D.C.

October 21, 2005

Hurricane Katrina thrust racial disparities onto the nation’s political agenda and top civil rights leaders, fueled by outrage over the disaster, headed to Washington Oct. 15. The occasion was the 10th anniversary of Nation of Islam...

British playwright and war critic awarded Nobel Prize

October 21, 2005

In announcing the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, Horace Engdahl, chairman of the Swedish Academy, said that British playwright Harold Pinter was an artist “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces...

Good Night, and Good Luck a must see

October 21, 2005

With “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney proves once and for all he’s more than just a pretty face. With this film, his second as director, he shows himself to be smart, courageous, politically savvy...