U.S.

                
  • N. Calif. rallies against nuclear weapons

    N. Calif. rallies against nuclear weapons

    August 13, 2004

    LIVERMORE, Calif. — Hundreds of protesters from around northern California gathered here in blazing summer heat Aug. 8 to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to renew their...

    Read more
  • Show Me state shows up to vote

    Show Me state shows up to vote

    August 13, 2004

    News Analysis ST. LOUIS — Voters came out in record numbers for the state’s Aug. 3 primary elections. Nearly 1.5 million Missourians voted this year, compared to 930,000 in the 2002 primaries. A big factor driving...

    Read more
  • No jobs, endless war: Bush has made a mess From labor to hip-hop, voters mobilize to defeat GOP

    No jobs, endless war: Bush has made a mess From labor to hip-hop, voters mobilize to defeat GOP

    August 13, 2004 By Susan Webb

    CHICAGO — Eight thousand Pillowtex workers were thrown out of work a year ago when the textile giant shut its doors. Most are still out of work and will soon lose their unemployment benefits. click here...

    Read more
  • Payments to Black farmers blocked by U.S.

    Payments to Black farmers blocked by U.S.

    August 1, 2004

    Aggressive legal tactics by the Bush administration have deliberately undermined a landmark 1997 civil rights settlement with African American farmers, turning the claims process into another chapter in a long history of discriminatory treatment by the...

    Read more
  • Cervix removed? Still need PAP test

    Cervix removed? Still need PAP test

    August 1, 2004

    There are reports popping up in the medical literature regarding the use of the Papanicolaou smear (PAP test) and its uselessness in women who have had their cervices removed. This has been debated from time to...

    Read more