Wal-Mart as Business Model for Uncle Sam
While federal disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina made bad matters much worse, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stepped up to ease the suffering of those who needed help without delay. The corporation’s advanced supply chain played a big part in providing those in harm's way with essential items, namely food, fuel and water.
Eight Years is Enough – It's Time for a Raise
As Republicans celebrate the anniversary of eight years in a row without a minimum wage increase this September, it is increasingly clear that the lowest paid workers in the US need a raise. The poverty and inequality exposed by the Katrina disaster proves this more than ever before. Because low wages are a primary cause of poverty, it is time to raise the federal minimum wage.
BRIDGES: Cuba and Latin America News
The Brazilian political crisis has entered its fourth month on Wednesday following criticism of the chair of the Chamber of Deputies and seventeen of its members amidst dropping ratings for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
“Fighting Insurgents or Fighting Hurricane Katrina?”
Hurricane Katrina will likely be our nation’s worst national disaster... If we didn’t have so many National Guard troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan we could be doing more, and doing it quicker. We need them to come home.
Funeral Corp. Charged with Desecrating Corpses to Collect Bodies for FEMA
A funeral services company which recently learned that one of its subsidiaries is negotiating a lucrative contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to remove dead bodies in areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, paid $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit several years ago alleging the company desecrated thousands of corpses, and dumped bodies into mass graves.
News Roundup: Fighting Right-wing Lies and the Right-wing Agenda
College student indebtedness grows as students find covering rising costs impossible. Fight Bush's decision to force down wages for Gulf Coast workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Express support for Korean hotel workers. Despite right-wing lies, the gender wage gap persists and costs women and their families hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Supreme Court Confirmation: Roberts' Answers Called 'Misleading'
Questioning of John Roberts, President Bush's pick to replace the late William H. Rehnquist as Supreme Court Chief Justice, will continue Wednesday, in the face of complaints that Roberts is deflecting and evading specific answers to questions.
Bush Corporate Government Seizes Katrina Opportunity
With people still stranded on rooftops and bodies floating in the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration did what it has always done best: it moved with lightning speed to dole out lucrative contracts to private corporations.
Bush Has to Accept Responsibility for More than FEMA’s Cock-up
It took President Bush 13 days to take responsibility for his failure to respond adequately and swiftly to Hurricane Katrina, which cost the lives of probably several thousand people. But then again, he didn’t quite accept accountability as he added, with the grace of a fourth grader who doesn’t want to accept all of the punishment, 'to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right.'
John Roberts Confirmation: Umpire or a Bush Double Play?
John Roberts is testifying in a cool and calculating way, letting everyone in Washington know that he will play their game, the game that cynical Europeans identify with the 'political class,' meaning the functionaries from the right schools who staff the executive agencies and the inner councils of the major political parties.
