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George W. Bush has selected Southern Methodist University in Dallas to maintain and extend his political legacy. The outcry began with a modest and extremely civilized commentary in the campus newspaper last November. It has risen to a nationwide roar that includes leading Methodists, SMU faculty members, and the public at large.

The fight against racism is even more urgent today. There is nothing more important on the agenda of the progressive forces worldwide than the fight to end the scourge of racism from our planet.

“The president’s budget is filled with debt and deception, disconnected from reality and continues to move America in the wrong direction,” charged Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, on Feb. 5.

“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.

WASHINGTON — El movimiento antiguerra expresó su enojo que la minoría republicana en el Senado votó el 5 de febrero para bloquear debatir una resolución bipartidista que condena los planes del presidente George Bush a enviar 48.000 soldados más a Irak.

Un informe hecho público la semana pasada por el Grupo Legislativo Negro de California reveló que los afronorteamericanos y latinos sufren de una desigualdad masiva en áreas de bienestar económico, vivienda, salud, educación y trato por el sistema de justicia criminal, comparado con los californianos blancos.

Much has written about the New South and expanded opportunity for Blacks and others in the old bastion of Confederate pride, but human rights and civil rights leaders in the region point to racial injustice, voter disenfranchisement, workplace violence, violations of women’s rights and other issues as proof that the New South still has its old problems.

The proposed $500 million in cuts will severely affect every county service and devastate the county’s public health care system.

In February we celebrate African American History Month. That history has given us some of humanity’s greatest freedom fighters, All of these women and men shared a common characteristic: They drew their strength from the masses, understanding the power of our multiracial working class and its allies to make history in the face of reaction’s stubborn resistance.

The people, at the ballot box, in the halls of Capitol Hill and in the streets, have demanded that Congress act on the Iraq war, the minimum wage and other pressing issues.