National – Page 1086 – People's World

Kucinich vows to challenge monopolies

July 4, 2003

ELGIN, Ill. – On June 21, Dennis Kucinich took his campaign for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party into the home territory of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, one of George W. Bush’s closest allies. Speaking...

Black Radical Congress charts course

July 4, 2003

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Black Radical Congress (BRC) brought together 200 activists at Seton Hall University during the weekend of June 20-22 to discuss “War, Racism and Repression: Confronting the U.S. Empire.” There was full...

CEO pay still outrageous

July 4, 2003

Opinion You know CEO pay is still out of control when Fortune magazine puts a smiling pig in a suit on the cover and headlines its pay roundup, “Have they no shame? Their performance stank last...

Affirmative action victory? Affirmative action victory?

July 4, 2003

Opinion I have come across much news coverage that has been hailing the recent Supreme Court rulings as civil rights victories. However, like the decision, I am split on this. The Gratz and Grutter v. Bollinger...

The power behind the tax cuts

July 4, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

In a brief period of two years, the right wing ideologues who control the federal government have been able to ram trillion-dollar tax cuts through Congress in 2001 and again in 2003, reduced a budget surplus...