Feb. 17, 2007

“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.

The grain to fill a 25-gallon SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year. The diversion of grains for the world’s 800 million cars will increase the price and decrease the production of food to feed the 2 billion poorest people of the world who spend at least half their income on food, according to the Earth Policy Institute.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Progressives in Connecticut will celebrate African American History Month by commemorating one of the state’s most outstanding fighters for economic and social justice and peace, George C. Springer Sr., who died in December at age 74.

The danger of a U.S. attack on Iran appears to be mounting following a series of increasingly aggressive Bush administration actions.

“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.

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of lawmakers stood on the House floor this week to denounce President Bush’s decision to send 48,000 more combat and support troops to Iraq.

New prison reform proposals by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have drawn mixed reviews from justice advocates.

FORT LEWIS, Wash: Mistrial in Watada case
FRANKFORT, Ky.: Students demand funding for colleges
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Mayor vetoes ‘English only’ ordinance
FARGO, N.D.: Park free or die
TAMPA, Fla.: Al-Arian hunger strike protests ‘abuse of power’

Standing in the place where Abraham Lincoln gave his “House Divided” speech, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) declared his intention to become the next president of the United States.

Campaign unites youth to free Cuban 5
Homelessness among LGBT youth
Harvard president makes history
Black youth still discriminated against