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.
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.
FEMA Chief Brown Paid Millions to Fla. Residents Unaffected by '04 Hurricane to Help Bush
Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to published reports.
In a Time of Crisis, Republicans Up to Their Usual Tricks
Much has been said about President Bush partying with John McCain, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a shoe shopping trip and Vice President Cheney on vacation - all while Americans on the Gulf Shore needed their leadership.
News Roundup: Oil, Gas, Human Rights...all rare commodities
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) this week exposed internal oil company memos that show how the industry intentionally reduced domestic refining capacity to drive up profits. The exposure comes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as the oil industry blames environmental regulation for limiting the number of US refineries.
Health Care: 'It's time for a Medicare for All solution'
With the number of uninsured in Massachusetts at its highest rate in seven years, 40 community and labor groups united on Sept. 1 for a grassroots hearing to build support for common sense approach to health care reform that saves money, improves quality, and guarantees access to health care for all.
Racism and Sexism are at the Core of John Roberts’ Judicial Activism
In a weak effort to shift searing public critique of the Republican and Bush administration’s inadequate, incompetent, and racist response to the Katrina disaster, President Bush announced over the weekend that he was amending his nomination of John G. Roberts to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Pat Robertson's Cozy Relationship with FEMA
In a distasteful show of insensitivity and partisanship, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has called for cash donations be paid to Operation Blessing, a charity front for Pat Robertson’s right-wing Christian fundamentalist TV operation, The 700 Club, and his other corporate schemes.
