National

A fuzzy aura has been generated around Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States, who died at age 93 on Dec. 26

Virgil Goode is the congressman for Virginia’s conservative 5th district. One would expect that it would elect conservative representatives to Congress, but there is no law requiring it to elect fools.

El 12 de diciembre, agentes federales de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en ingles) efectuaran redadas en seis plantes de la compañía procesadora de carne Swift & Co. en seis estados, arrestando a 1.282 obreros bajo cargos de no tener documentos migratorios y de “robo de identidad”.

Cincuenta balas. Con una sola bala se puede matar a una persona; imagínate lo que 50 balas le hicieron a Sean Bell, un joven de 21 años, y a sus dos amigos.

What message is “Apocalypto” really sending about the Native peoples of Mexico and Central America? This is but one thing we Indian people in the North must consider and question before we jump on Gibson’s bandwagon.

In 1947, Woody Guthrie wrote a song about the crash of a plane carrying Mexican immigrant farm workers back to the border.

In a back room of the People’s Weekly World is a group of elf computer wizards, wearing green tights and caps with bells. They’ve just finished a project that has befuddled humankind for centuries.

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands marched down Fifth Avenue here Dec. 16 protesting the killing of 23-year-old Sean Bell on his wedding day by New York City undercover police.

DETROIT — At a packed town hall meeting here last week, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) called for a “new American agenda” and declared the new congressional session, set to begin Jan. 4, a “brand new start after 12 years” of disastrous Republican rule.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Swift & Co. meat-processing plants in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Utah last week, arresting 1,282 undocumented workers. The raids have generated an outpouring of support for the workers and their families, with many calls for a halt to raids and for comprehensive immigration reform that guarantees workers’ rights.