National
ChoicePoint sells personal data to U.S.
May 7, 2003ChoicePoint, Inc., a data-processing firm, is selling government data bases on residents of 10 Latin American nations to the U.S. government, allowing them to track immigrants entering or living in this country ChoicePoint is notorious for...
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Santorum slammed for anti-gay bigotry
May 7, 2003A firestorm of protest continues to hover around Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) for remarks bashing gays and lesbians. In a long interview with the Associated Press, April 21, Santorum, commenting on a case before the U.S....
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Bush charges ahead on tax cuts to the rich
May 7, 2003Despite deep splits in Republican congressional ranks and opinion polls that show overwhelming public opposition, President Bush used the occasion of Tax Day to launch a nationwide blitz in a renewed effort to win major tax...
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Labor slams Oakland police
May 7, 2003OAKLAND, Calif. – Accusing the Oakland Police Department of acting as “private security guards for multi-national corporations,” delegates to the Alameda County Central Labor Council (CLC) unanimously condemned the April 7 police attack on anti-war demonstrators...
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Iraqis say No U.S. occupation
May 7, 2003Shouts of “No to colonialism, no to occupation” resounded throughout Iraq this week.
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