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From COINTELPRO to the Patriot Act: The long battle for justice and civil liberties
October 29, 2004Jailed Black Panther calls for amnesty BALTIMORE — From his jail cell at the Maryland House of Corrections in Jessup where he is serving a life sentence, Marshall “Eddie” Conway has launched a drive for amnesty...
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Vote or die is no joke
October 29, 2004The phrase “Vote or Die” is a favorite among young voters and meant to get them to the polls. For health care activists, this is not an empty phrase but a grim reality. The policies of...
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Bush vs. Kerry on job growth
October 29, 2004If you are like most working people in the U.S. today, your job security has never, it seems, been shakier. Never mind the huge job losses under Bush’s watch: whole careers, entire trades, have been swept...
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Housing discrimination alive and well in Alameda
October 29, 2004A series of tests with pairs of Black and white investigators has revealed a high level of housing discrimination against African Americans in the city of Alameda, Calif., the nonprofit organization Sentinel Fair Housing said last...
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International notes
October 29, 2004South Africa: Corporate pay hikes ‘shock’ unions Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) spokesman Patrick Craven said last week that the union federation is “appalled” by the revelations of business executives’ soaring pay last year,...
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