Exxon Pays for Global Warming Fantasy
The Exxon-financed American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative Washington, D.C. “think tank,” offered scientists and economists $10,000 each, plus expenses, to write articles undercutting the dire findings of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) about the extent and impacts of human-caused global warming.
Atlantans Spell IMPEACH with Candles at Intersection
About 20 Atlanta activists met at sundown at Freedom Park to spell out the word IMPEACH with an array of candles on a hill at a major intersection, Freedom Parkway and Moreland Avenue.
Big money vs. workers’ rights
The phenomenal rise of the multi-million-dollar union-busting industry in the U.S. has paralleled the decline in the manufacturing base, the rise of the right wing and the decline in union membership of the past 30-some years.
Japan: Time to show zero tolerance for violence
The killing of Nagasaki City Mayor Itoh Iccho in a shooting during his election campaign is a heinous crime unheard of in Japan’s political history since the end of World War II.
Vermont Students Demand Living Wage
Twelve students at The University of Vermont have launched a hunger strike demanding a living wage for the university's lower paid staff, according to the Student Labor Action Project.
Bangladesh: Ominous Portents
The military-backed caretaker government, though proclaiming to create conditions for holding of free and fair elections, has refused to announce any time table, so far.
Repeating History
The outcome of the Iraqi war will not be known until some future date; Mr. Bush has said that it will be another president, not he, who decides when American soldiers will leave that country.
U.S. carrot, not stick, key to IPR protection
he U.S. government has lately been showing in no uncertain terms its unhappiness with China's protection of the United States' intellectual property rights (IPRs).
Audio: Congress Stands Up to Bush and Pushes on Civil Rights
Democrats Stand Up to Bush on the Iraq War; PA Joins a Media Coalition to Protest Postal Rate Hike; Legislation is Needed to Reduce the Gender Pay Gap; and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is Re-introduced in Congress.
Labor, Civil Rights Groups Praise Introduction of Anti-Discrimination Bill
A measure that would outlaw discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity was re-introduced in Congress yesterday (4-24-07).
