Year: 2007

Seattle rally celebrates real legacy of MLK

Seattle rally celebrates real legacy of MLK

Over 5,000 people participated in the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration march and rally in Seattle on Jan.…
‘Stop the war’ contingent brings anti-war message to MLK Day parade

‘Stop the war’ contingent brings anti-war message to MLK Day parade

On Monday, Jan. 15, the ANSWER Coalition proudly celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by marching with anti-war, anti-racist organizations…
Worldwide protests mark fifth anniversary of Guantánamo torture camp

Worldwide protests mark fifth anniversary of Guantánamo torture camp

Thursday, Jan. 11 marked the fifth anniversary of the first detainee being brought to the U.S. prison in Guantánamo, Cuba.…
LAPD secret panel exonerates 13-year-old Devin Brown’s killer

LAPD secret panel exonerates 13-year-old Devin Brown’s killer

On Jan. 8, 2007, a Los Angeles Police Department disciplinary board secretly decided not to punish the officer who killed…
1,000 emergency protests the day after Bush announces Iraq war escalation

1,000 emergency protests the day after Bush announces Iraq war escalation

Amelia McDonald, Ian Thompson, Sunil Freeman, Ben Becker, John Beacham, John Peter Daly, Jane Cutter, Jon Britton, Tahnee Stair and…
AIDS drug company Abbott Laboratories inflates prices to reap more profits

AIDS drug company Abbott Laboratories inflates prices to reap more profits

Breakthroughs in medical research in the mid 1990s provided new hope for people infected with HIV, the virus that causes…
Book review: ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’ by Jimmy Carter

Book review: ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’ by Jimmy Carter

Ex-president Jimmy Carter’s new book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," released just after the November 2006 election, has caused a big…
Struggling for justice: A message from Leonard Peltier

Struggling for justice: A message from Leonard Peltier

"Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be…
New Wal-Mart scheduling system increases worker exploitation

New Wal-Mart scheduling system increases worker exploitation

Wal-Mart—the largest private retailer in the United States—is about to completely change the system it uses for scheduling workers’ shifts.…
Health care in crisis: Symptom of a diseased system

Health care in crisis: Symptom of a diseased system

The United States has the largest health expenditures per capita of any country in the world—16 percent of the U.S.…
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