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Trent Lott must resign
December 19, 2002'There’s not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the Negro race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our schools and into our homes.' –...
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Organizing the unorganized
December 19, 2002An interview: Stewart Acuff, AFL-CIO organizing director In a recent issue of Work in Progress, the AFL-CIO announced that its 66 affiliated unions had added 216,585 new members since Jan. 1, far short of the 400,000...
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U.S. strategic interests on Korean peninsula
December 19, 2002The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea this week called on the U.S. to negotiate a nonaggression pact between the two nations, saying it is the only way to avoid war. The statement was the latest in...
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Afghan refugees face unbearable conditions
December 19, 2002Afghanistan is bracing for the repatriation of 1.5 million refugees from Pakistan, according to an agreement to be signed in Geneva next month, which was announced Dec. 13. Beginning this spring, 400,000 refugees will be repatriated...
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As racism pervades the body politic, A new civil rights movement grows
December 19, 2002Trent Lott’s racist remarks earlier this month may have served to strengthen a growing civil rights movement to defend affirmative action. The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 2 to hear Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v....
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