[ The very justices who made the actual votes of the American people in the 2000 presdential election irrelevant are those who today sided with Republicans to disenfranchise voters in Pennsylvania (Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy).
With a Republican governor and Legislature, the new [Congressional district] boundaries were set so that Democratic incumbents were placed in [...]
[ The Bush Administration has expressed "callous disregard for workers in China" by refusing to punish China for violating the rights of workers. As the National Labor Committee has demonstrated, Wal-Mart, Nike, RCA, and other companies exploit lax labor and environmental policies in China to keep costs down and profits up. --BL ]
April 29, 2004 | [...]
[ Alert: Tonight's Frontline on PBS might be a must-see. Catch it here. --BL ]
April 29, 2004 | New York Times
REVIEW | ‘THE JESUS FACTOR’
by ALESSANDRA STANLEY
The question is not, When did George W. Bush accept Jesus as his personal savior? The “Frontline” documentary “The Jesus Factor,” on PBS tonight, raises a different issue: Do most [...]
April 29, 2004 | New York Times
by CELIA W. DUGGER
GORMA, Bangladesh — Nearly every woman in this village seems to have gotten tiny loans to invest in a miniature business.
None has made better use of the cash than Firoza Akhter, a shrewd, flinty young mother who put her profits from four loans into cows, goats, [...]
April 28, 2004 | USA TODAY
by Cesar G. Soriano and Steven Komarow
BAGHDAD — Only a third of the Iraqi people now believe that the American-led occupation of their country is doing more good than harm, and a solid majority support an immediate military pullout even though they fear that could put them in greater danger, [...]
Center for American Progress
Conservatives have spent the last 20 years distorting reality and getting away with it. That is about to change. The Center for American Progress has launched this new database project to chart the dishonesty and lies of conservatives — and compare them with the truth. In this database, each conservative quote will be matched against well-documented facts.
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April 28, 2004 | Salon.com
A damning new report reveals that the Bush administration has quietly removed 25 reports from its Women's Bureau Web site, deleting or distorting crucial information on issues from pay equity to reproductive healthcare.
by Rebecca Traister
If you'd logged onto the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau Web site in 1999, you would have [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
April 28, 2004 | The Daily Mislead
President Bush yesterday tried to deflect questions about his environmental record by claiming that he supports efforts to reduce America's fossil fuel usage1. He said he had “introduced ideas like a hydrogen-powered automobile, put money behind it and research behind it” so that so that we will be [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
April 28, 2004 | Associated Press
by DAVID CRARY
NEW YORK – U.S. military police stacked Iraqi prisoners in a human pyramid, and attached wires to one detainee to convince him he might be electrocuted, according to photographs obtained by CBS News which led to criminal charges against six American soldiers.
CBS said the photos, to be shown [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
[ The article below is about an 85 year-old socialist who, for the past 15 years, has been preparing for the adventure of a lifetime: He is building a boat and will sail to Cuba along with a crew of friends he's met on the journey. --BL ]
The Old Man, the Mountain and the Sea: Naturalist [...]