Living in America Without Medical Insurance
There is a saying among the poor people when they are ill: “What will I do if I get sick? Well, I will either get better or die.” Many even don’t seek to see a doctor when their sick anymore because it’s a luxury they can't afford.To see a doctor when ill is a basic necessity of life that is clearly being denied to a large number of people-something that can not be continued any longer.
Chris Cox and the SEC: Holding Hands with Big Business
President Bush nominated Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA) for the top job at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As a member of Congress, Cox has a long record of undermining protections for working families, retirees and their pension funds at nearly every opportunity.
PBS: Why the Republicans Hate Elmo
Perhaps it is because the little cuddly monster is red. Maybe they fear his ideology of letters, imaginary friends, and childish creativity. The decade-long war the Republicans have waged against Elmo and his friends at Sesame Street and other PBS shows that inhabit the imaginations of millions of children may be nearing its end.
PATRIOT Act: Undermines Rights, Abuse Likely
Despite reports that President Bush has misled the public about the need for and the effectiveness of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Republican-controlled US Senate is considering renewal and expansion of powers authorized by this law.
Faith and Reproductive Rights: Interview with Luis Ricardo Torres-Rivera
I have a very clear memory of being in Catholic school, and coming back home after they’d been talking about abortion and contraception and stuff like that. So I was given a 'good catholic boy' approach to those issues.
Extraordinarily Rancid Justice
'...given the track record of Priscilla Owens, Janice Rogers Brown, and William Pryor, I wonder how extreme a candidate has to be before these Democrats and their seven Republican colleagues would reject them... Their acceptance invites the Republican right to push the envelope still further.'
William Pryor: 'A threat to the rights of all Americans'
In a mostly party line vote last night, William Pryor became the third Bush judicial appointee to be confirmed by the Senate in the last week. Pryor’s confirmation was met by sharp criticism...In his activist and ideologically motivated quest to advance a far-right agenda, Pryor has used his various positions to attempt to strip and chip away at a whole range of civil rights protections.
Death Penalty:
A recent study of almost 2,000 death penalty cases in Ohio between 1981 and 2002 shows that race and geography played strong roles in determining the imposition of capital punishment.
Increase in Hate Crimes Demands National Solution, say Civil Rights Groups
Cross-burnings, threats of violence against gay people, anti-immigrant vigilantism, numerous incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti, influx of whites-only groups and racial separatists in some areas, have combined with growing anti-Muslim actions in all regions of the country... Several civil rights organizations have strongly urged passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005.
Bush vs. Human Rights: Amnesty International Strikes Back
After the Bush administration yesterday (June 1) lined up numerous officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, to attack Amnesty International for its report that criticizes the administration’s human rights record, the respected human rights organization fired back.
