Analysis

Mine safety could use a little more confrontation

February 24, 2006

This is a sad time in the mining community, with so many recent tragedies. But it’s not enough to mourn. We also have to act. We need to remember that MSHA is three things. First, it’s...

Turning point at the Black Radical Congress

February 24, 2006

What has always made the Black Radical Congress (BRC) mystique is its perceived ability to mobilize various perspectives of marginalized Black voices around topics plaguing the broader movement. This unique characteristic can even unite disjointed political...

Fighting racism is at the heart of our struggles

February 24, 2006

For the past six years, millions of Americans have been battling the Bush administration and its policies of pre-emptive war, economic austerity, usurpation of democratic rights and racism. Yet a sober look at the political landscape...

LETTERS

February 24, 2006

Wrong on Nixzmary Brown As a working-class person who receives public assistance, I was disappointed and offended at Bill Davis’s article “Nixzmary Brown’s tragic death” (PWW 2/11-17). Nobody excuses child abuse or murder. But gone completely...

End the death penalty now!

February 24, 2006

Any doubts that even “humane” executions by lethal injection are still cruel and unusual punishment should be dispelled once and for all by the conflict in California over executing Michael Morales. Morales, a convicted murderer and...