U.S.
Bush budget: billions for greedy, bones for needy
February 9, 2007WASHINGTON — President Bush sent a $2.9 trillion “guns not butter” 2008 budget to Congress Feb. 5, loaded with goodies for the rich, for corporations and the war-makers, but bare bones for working people, senior citizens,...
Read moreState of Black California points to inequalities
February 9, 2007A report released last week by the California Legislative Black Caucus titled “The State of Black California” reveals the glaring inequalities faced by the state’s African Americans and Latinos in overall economic well-being, housing, health, education...
Read moreGOP squelches Iraq debate War opponents declare, We will not be silenced
February 9, 2007WASHINGTON — The antiwar movement voiced outrage that the Republican minority in the Senate voted Feb. 5 to block debate on a bipartisan resolution condemning President Bush’s plan to send an additional 48,000 troops into the...
Read moreWhich trees are best to plant to help combat global warming?
February 6, 2007Trees are important tools in the fight to stave off global warming, because they absorb and store the key greenhouse gas emitted by our cars and power plants, carbon dioxide (CO2), before it has a chance...
Read moreTexas Without Ivins: Wholl Keep Us Laughing?
February 4, 2007Texas progressives mourn the death of columnist and author Molly Ivins, who succumbed to cancer on January 31. Even the people she antagonized most – corporate bigwigs and greedy politicians – are making public lamentations about...
Read more