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Reports cite U.S. health failures

May 31, 2002

A recent USAToday Gallup public opinion poll showed that President Bush’s main weaknesses are in the area of social policy, with his attitude toward health care in general and abortion high on the list. The polls...

Phillip Hellesto: worker and anti-imperialist American

May 31, 2002

Phillip Hellesto’s wife wanted everyone to know that her husband was an anti-imperialist and a patriot. She wanted to “dispel the notion that radicals cannot be patriots.” Hellesto was a merchant seaman who was killed on...

Retirement, pensions and all that

May 31, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

The stock market grew by 248 percent between 1989 and 1998, accompanied by a skyrocketing increase in the number of households with 401(k) pension accounts. Together, they made possible the promise of a secure retirement. Or...

Kaiser workers win back pay in NLRB ruling

May 31, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

PITTSBURGH – In a case involving the longest illegal lockout in U.S. labor history, a federal administrative law judge has ordered the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation to “make whole” 3,000 steelworkers for any loss...

Israeli student condemns occupation

May 31, 2002

Haggai Matar, an 18-year-old Israeli high school senior, first strikes the eye as a quiet, studious, and modest young man. He may be all of that, but when he speaks, he speaks with conviction and power,...