Article Listing
-
Time to pass Employee Free Choice
February 16, 2007“I served my nation to protect the laws of our land, not companies like Smithfield that deprive us of those laws,” meatpacking worker Keith Ludlum told a packed congressional hearing last week.
Read more -
Outside Watada trial, 1,000 demand his freedom
February 9, 2007Fort Lewis, Wash. — More than 1,000 antiwar protesters marched outside the gates of Fort Lewis as the court-martial of Lt. Ehren Watada opened Feb. 5 on charges stemming from his refusal to serve in the...
Read more -
Cuban 5 prisoner gets visit from daughter
February 9, 2007Political prisoner René González, who last saw his almost-9-year-old daughter Ivette when she was four months old, received her on Dec. 30 in a prison visiting room in Marianna, Fla. For six years, the U.S. government...
Read more -
Congress may ease Cuba travel restrictions
February 9, 2007Advocates for ending the ban on travel to Cuba are upbeat this year about action in Congress. A December Gallup poll showed that two-thirds of U.S. voters desire normalized U.S.-Cuba relations. The travel restrictions, the most...
Read more -
Event showcases radicals in Black & Brown
February 9, 2007I’ve just returned, all energized I might add, from an incredible event sponsored by the Sonja Stone Center for Black Culture and History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The event was called...
Read more