National
Who is counting your vote? Diebold & Bush vs. the public interest
January 16, 2004Who is counting your vote? Now is the time, before November 2004, to ask that and a few other questions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate Jan. 19, was a courageous fighter for...
Read moreBoston to buy Rx drugs from Canada
January 16, 2004With the support of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the city of Boston is joining the growing exodus of U.S. cities and states that now buy their prescription drugs in Canada. Under a pilot plan presented at...
Read morePhiladelphia Community rallies to save hospital
January 16, 2004PHILADELPHIA – Overflow crowds are becoming commonplace in the battle to save historic Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital since the announcement Dec. 18 by Tenet Healthcare Systems of its plans to close the facility. The hospital...
Read moreThis Week In Labor
January 16, 2004Anti-immigrant ads pollute airwaves It’s fertile conditions when economic times are bad to have someone to blame besides your rotten employer, said Iowa AFL-CIO president Mark Smith about anti-immigrant political ads that have been appearing on...
Read moreCorporations blamed for mad cow disease
January 16, 2004SEATTLE – By now, pretty much everyone in the United States has heard of the Holstein from Mabton, Wash., found to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as “mad cow disease.” What people...
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