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The Not So Silent Scream This Latin woman-girl-child could as easily be from Asia, India, the Middle East or Africa. Born into her economic and sexual caste. No way out. At most a baby-machine, and not a very good one at that....
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 7:54pm PDT
Homeless Being Forced To Find Help (SL Streets) Homeless in Contra Costa CA being forced to leave camps....
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 10:33am PDT
After the Kashmir earthquake, warnings of a second disaster Even as the toll following the October 8 earthquake in northern Pakistan and India continues to rise, aid workers are warning of a second disaster. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing the Himalayan winter without shelter or adequate supplies of food, clothing and medicine....
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2005 7:30am PDT
Florida Medicaid privatization plan approved Last week US Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt signed off on a Florida plan that will transform the state’s Medicaid program. The new plan, which will come into effect after receiving final approval from the state legislature, will largely privatize the health care program for the poor and elderly. It will also set caps on state expenditures....
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2005 7:24am PDT
Malik Rahim Demands Inquiry into Hurricane Katrina Deaths and Amnesty for “Looters” This past weekend, activists, scholars and survivors testified at a people’s inquiry set up to present evidence and assess whether President Bush and his administration have committed crimes against humanity. Malik Rahim traveled to New York to testify....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 7:31am PDT
Bayview Hunters Point: The city keeps asking the question but won’t hear the answer In 1998, the buzz question in our community was, “What does Bayview Hunters Point want, and how can we city officials help you get it?”...
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 6:56am PDT
Oppose Harmful Budget Cuts and Tax Breaks for the Wealthy National Call-in Days extended. Call 1-800-426-8073, Contact your senators and representatives or email the message: Congress must not cut aid to the poor, uninsured, hungry and homeless!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 6:17am PDT
Urgent Alert: Click Here For Link To Stop Budget Cuts! The GOP Schemes To Loot The Nations Domestic Programs, To Be Able To Give More Multi-Trillion Dollar Tax Cuts To The Super Rich!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 22, 2005 5:32pm PDT
The Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Kashmiri earthquake Around the world people are witnessing a great horror unfolding in northern Pakistan and India. Just 10 months after a tsunami devastated South Asia and two months after Hurricane Katrina swept across the southern states of the US, more than 70,000 people have been killed by a massive earthquake in Kashmir and neighbouring areas....
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2005 6:24am PDT
UN chief warns of new 'massive wave of death' in Pakistan The United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan warned that a second " massive wave of death" would hit Pakistani areas most affected by the mammoth earthquake unless the international community stepped up the relief effort immediately....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 3:17pm PDT
Supervisors, Treasurer Call for Moratorium on Check-Cashing Services Supervisor Tom Ammiano and Treasurer Jose Cisneros stood together on the steps of City Hall yesterday to jointly announce the introduction of a moratorium on check-cashing and payday lending businesses. Both Ammiano and Cisneros used the event to detail the predatory, harmful practices these businesses engage in, drawing special attention to their disproportionate impact on low-income communities. Check-cashing services often provide loans on people’s paychecks at as much as a 900 percent ann...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 8:08am PDT
Special Call-In Day - Urgent Budget Cuts Update Call 1-800-828-0498 and urge your senators to reject any budget reconciliation that includes cuts to Medicaid....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 7:00am PDT
Urgent Call for Relief: Guatemala All over southern Mexico and Central American thousands have lost loved ones, homes and crops from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Stan. These communities may never recover....
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 3:46pm PDT
Mike Davis on The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu We spend the hour with Mike Davis author of the new book, "The Monster At Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu." Davis says, "2005 is the year in which avian flu, now has acquired a critical mass amongst birds that it won't be eradicated and it's unclear whether it can be contained. Most likely, avian flu will fly to every corner of the world. It will probably reach Alaska and Northern Canada, for instance, in the near future. Avian flu - the threat of pandemic avian flu - ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 7:11am PDT
Big Victory for Homeless at Surplus Property Committee In a major victory for homeless persons and their advocates, the city’s Surplus Property Advisory Committee voted unanimously Monday night to solicit letters of interest for the developing of 150 Otis Street for permanent homeless housing. The Committee’s vote represented a strong rejection of the Mayor’s Office of Housing’s recommendation that the beautiful nine-story property instead be sold to the highest bidder. Every public speaker opposed the proposed sale, and the Committee gave clear ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 7:08am PDT
Poor People's March Attracts a Tireless, Passionate Crowd A diverse crowd of workers and their supporters gathered yesterday in the Mission for the Poor People's March, an event organized to draw attention to many issues surrounding today's poor as well as to encourage people to vote in the upcoming November election. Organized by the Living Wage Coalition, the event attracted many different groups, including the LGBT community, the Latino community, and the Women's Collective....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 6:30am PDT
WHO believes earthquake disaster worse than December's tsunami Leading international agencies believe the devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Pakistan last Saturday is still being underestimated....
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 7:56pm PDT
Michael Eric Dyson "Some of Us are In First Class, But The Plane Is In Trouble" We play an address by professor and preacher Michael Eric Dyson speaking at the first annual Unvarnished Truth Awards in Washington D.C. Dyson says, "If you're in the plane, being in first class ain't going to stop you from going down with the rest of us. When there is turbulence, there is turbulence everywhere. Everybody be shaking. If that plane goes down, you might die first in first class. Yes, some of us are in first class, but the plane is in trouble."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 7:13am PDT
Social inequality reaches new heights in California The California Budget Project recently released the results of its latest investigation, “Making Ends Meet, How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Family in California?” CBP is an independent fiscal and policy think tank, founded in 1994. It produces analysis and public education with the stated goal of “improving public policies affecting the economic and social well-being of low- and middle-income Californians.”...
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 10:53pm PDT
White House, Congress press plans for major cuts in social programs Using the cost of Hurricane Katrina reconstruction as a pretext, Congressional Republicans, backed by the Bush administration, continue to push for sharp cuts in social programs....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 10:52pm PDT
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