RENEW VOTING RIGHTS!
Singing “Ain’t going to let nobody turn me round,” 10,000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge here March 6 to protest Bush-Cheney voter suppression tactics and to demand renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act set to expire in 2007.
Education, Other Domestic Programs on the Chopping Block in Bush Budget
Bush's budget calls for an actual cut in education—the first in a decade and turns its back on children, the elderly, and those who need assistance the most.
A promise between generations
Skeptical about the changes in Social Security President Bush is proposing? You should be.
Cuba Calls for Human Rights Reform at the UN
Cuba has demanded a thorough reform of the United Nations Comission on Human Rights (UNCHR), which it compared to a 'sinking ship'.
Japanese Peace Movement Calls for Denying the Return of US Marines
The Japan Peace Committee (JPC) on March 4 demanded that the government oppose the planned return to Okinawa of U.S. Marines from Iraq where they committed massacre.
Review: Nobility & Civility, by Wm. Theodore de Bary
At 85, Wm. Theodore de Bary is one the deans of Asian Studies in the United States.
Imprisoned Without Charge: Yvon Neptune and Haiti’s Political Prisoners
Around 10 PM on March 10, nearly three weeks after beginning a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment, Yvon Neptune, Haiti’s prime minister under former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was hospitalized after suffering dehydration.
Nobel Prize Winners Support Cuba at the UN
Portuguese writer José Saramago is among more than 200 outstanding world thinkers who have signed a document supporting Cuba at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
Movie review: Robots
Robots is an animated children’s movie that may be the most revolutionary film to appear on the big screen in years – and I’m not just talking about the technology used to make it.
Over 55? Get Back to Work!
Economic insecurity is driving older Americans back into the labor market. At the same time, employment opportunities for other workers are souring, the regular pattern of a market economy.
