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Not getting by in America

October 18, 2002 By Art Perlo

The bottom line – you can’t get by on $6 or $7 an hour. Millions of Americans fall under that bottom line, and they aren’t getting by.

A threat to humanity: Bushs new military doctrine

October 17, 2002

Three weeks ago the Bush administration announced a new strategic-military policy. Named “The National Security Strategy of the United States,” the document contains little that has not been said earlier by Bush and his foreign policy...

Grassroots campaign hits the streets for Wellstone

October 17, 2002 By Susan Webb

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Some 150 volunteers and campaign staff streamed out of a send-off meeting at the labor center here Oct. 13, headed for a day of door-to-door canvassing to re-elect labor-backed progressive Sen. Paul...

Congress votes for war, but peace movement grows

October 17, 2002

Anti-war leaders expressed anger that lawmakers ignored a flood of anti-war mail in voting last week for a resolution that grants George W. Bush authority to launch a unilateral, preemptive attack on Iraq. Even so, the...

Poverty up, income down, except for top 5 percent

October 17, 2002

It’s no surprise that poverty is up and income down during this recession. The really bad news is that poverty rates are higher than in the 1970s, the top 5 percent of households gained at the...