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  • UN report shows effects of poverty, war on children

    UN report shows effects of poverty, war on children

    December 17, 2004

    UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children report presents a grim picture for the holiday season. The United Nation Children’s Fund reports that more than half of all children face deprivation as a result of poverty,...

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  • Nursing home closing bad for residents, workers

    Nursing home closing bad for residents, workers

    December 17, 2004

    Workers’ Correspondence After 35 years of service in the New Haven, Conn., community, Atrium Plaza, otherwise known as Winthrop Health Care, one of the city’s largest nursing homes with a population of 240 beds and 285...

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  • Who will pay for the falling dollar?

    Who will pay for the falling dollar?

    December 17, 2004 By Art Perlo

    The declining dollar is featured on business and editorial pages from The New York Times to local newspapers, and it has even made it onto television’s “The Daily Show.”

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  • Mary, Joseph and the shepherds

    Mary, Joseph and the shepherds

    December 17, 2004

    On Dec. 16, Mary and Joseph, looking for shelter and hospitality before the birth of Jesus, will visit the offices of Sens. Michael DeWine and George Voinovich and Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Paul Gillmor in Toledo,...

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  • U Penn grad students fight for their rights

    U Penn grad students fight for their rights

    December 17, 2004

    PHILADELPHIA — Following the successful campaigns at universities across the country, graduate student employees at the University of Pennsylvania are working to gain union recognition. Graduate Employees Together–University of Pennsylvania is an organization formed by graduate...

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