Joe Moore and 34 co-defendants in the Tulia, Texas, drug bust fiasco were pardoned on Aug. 22 by Gov. Rick Perry. Perry’s pardon clears the 60-year-old Moore, who is African American, of charges that he sold cocaine to special undercover investigator Tom Coleman of the Panhandle Regional Narcotics Task Force. 
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Sept 13, 2003
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Continuing to put women’s health at risk, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals issued an opinion Sept. 3 refusing to overturn Florida’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions.
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was a “no show” Sept. 3 when California Gov. Gray Davis and five candidates for governor explained their positions on a wide range of issues in the first debate of the Oct. 7 recall election.
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 6 in Washington, D.C. There were more than 3,500 Teamsters in attendance from all across the United States and Canada.
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Lessons from 9/11 and ‘Battle of Algiers’ / ‘Salmon-gate’
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Sept 13, 2003
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Opinion
Everyone deserves a voice on the job, the freedom to choose union representation and the promise of equal treatment at work.
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Opinion
Fake President Bush is at it again. He’s starting to seriously worry about unemployment and jobs – the destruction of jobs will likely help defeat him the same way the sagging economy helped defeat his dear old Dad.
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Opinion
President Bush has nominated Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to replace Christine Whitman as EPA director.
Whitman, a “moderate” Republican, came into office having demonstrated a concern for the environment. She was often at odds with the White House over environmental policy, starting with Bush’s abrupt decision to unilaterally declare the Kyoto Protocol to prevent global warming “dead.”
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It was 58 years ago – Aug. 6, 1945 – and I was on the verge of turning 16. I remember the day vividly.
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