According to a U.S. Army study, unprecedented numbers of African American youth are refusing to join the Army and they are doing so for a very clear reason — opposition to the Iraq war.
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| Apr 30, 2005
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What is the middle class and why is it periodically given a status of high exaltation by the ruling class?
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No protection in bankruptcy bill; Tax the rich, fund social needs
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La junta Provisional Electoral de Haiti (JPC) recientemente anunció que las elecciones serán a finales de este año. Habrá elecciones para posiciones locales y regionales en octubre y para la presidencia y escaños legislativos en noviembre. Ciento cuarenta partidos están registrados para participar y 100 candidatos participarán para la presidencia.
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OPINION
On only her second day at work Margaret Spellings, Rod Paige’s replacement as U.S. Education Secretary, made her mark — she condemned PBS for producing a children’s television show that included two families headed by lesbian couples.
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Several months ago most pollsters predicted that the margin of difference between Kerry and Bush would be razor thin. I can’t recall anyone projecting a landslide for either candidate, let alone a major political realignment nationwide.
Guess what? They were more right than wrong.
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News Analysis
Although hopes to wrest the House and Senate from right-wing Republican control were not realized on Nov. 2, the Bush administration may find some stumbling blocks in pushing their agenda through Congress.
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Opinion
A rag-tag army of Vietnam veterans marched into D.C. in their combat fatigues that chill April morning in 1971, their tunics bedecked with medals and battle ribbons. “Hey Nixon, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” they chanted as they tramped toward the Mall.
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Twenty years ago, I stood before the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, a candidate for the presidency of the United States, to speak of the hopes and dreams of Americans who, lacking voice in their everyday lives as well as the political process, took an apathetic attitude toward voting.
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Not another Hiroshima
Unruly women
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