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Schwarzenegger M.I.A. On Liberty Quarry Today there is a battle that is being waged in Southwest Riverside County; an industry giant, Granite Construction, is attempting to obtain permits to quarry a 311 acre site to meet the growing need for aggregate in Southern California. The residents of several communities are committed to keeping the quarry from opening due to potential health risk, the traffic the quarry will bring to the area and the severe impact the quarry will have on the natural environment....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 8:55pm PST
Police Arrest Public Housing Activists in New Orleans, Federal Officials Try to Silence Attorney for Low-Income Residents New Orleans police raided the Saint Bernard housing project this morning where activists had been occupying a building to prevent government plans to demolish it. Meanwhile, the Housing Authority of New Orleans has sent a letter to one of the lead lawyers for the residents, Bill Quigley, asking him to stop speaking to the media and to remove statements he made that appear in several online videos....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:49am PST
Tens of thousands affected by Sri Lankan floods and landslides Tens of thousands of people were displaced by floods and landslides in mid-January in southern, central and eastern Sri Lanka. According to the Ministry of Disaster Relief Services, more than 80,000 people were forced to shelter in 80 makeshift refugee camps. Just 5 million rupees (about $US50,000) were allocated last week to the relief effort....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:09am PST
A New Age for the Medically Unisured We are all aware of runaway medical costs. Health care is far too expensive for the average American to pay. If you can't afford health insurance, it's no surprise....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:36am PST
If clinics close, where will sick go? CHICAGO — The battle to fund human needs instead of war or tax breaks for the super-rich found its expression right in the heart of the Midwest....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:33am PST
Our healthcare bill has been reintroduced;this is our chance! This is your chance to help make history! What you do right now will make a huge difference? How can we really get to a quality national healthcare system now, this time around?...
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 7:09pm PST
Bush’s Healthcare Reform: More Welfare for Corporate America When is a national healthcare plan almost as bad as no healthcare plan at all? When it’s proposed as a desperate PR gesture by a president with the lowest public approval rating (35%) since Richard Nixon got caught knee deep in the Watergate mudslide....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 7:23am PST
US: Threadbare “college affordability” bill passes in the House The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill January 17 proposing a halving of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. Part of the Democrats’ vaunted “first 100 hours,” HR5 is supposed to represent the fulfillment of a campaign promise to rein in spiraling education costs and debt burden....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:08am PST
Katrina Glaringly Missing in Bush's State of the Union Bush's failure to mention the status of Katrina reconstruction this past week points to a problem many GOP conservatives have. They simply don't feel comfortable talking about poverty and the government's responsibility to aid the poor, writes New America Media Associate Editor Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and social issues commentator....
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 6:20pm PST
Miami mayor Manny Diez protested, called "rat" at DC mayoral convention (audio/mpeg 3.7MB) On Jan 24, the UC Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting & Gala was held at the National Building museum. Mayor Manny Diez of Miami gives developers free land (and evictions)to build condos in Overtown, so protestors called him the rat he is. 4 minute audio file...
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 5:51pm PST
The Skinny on Obesity Research A new study on California junk food stores and healthy produce vendors tells us what we already know. Better that researchers and health advocates trace the links between poverty and obesity and advocate for more economic opportunity for poor people, writes NAM contributor Rahul K. Parikh, M.D., FAAP....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:21am PST
2007 Farm Bill: Seeking Balance in U.S. Farm and Food Policy 
Emerging Black Farmers throughout the United States and abroad join the effort to seek balance in the U.S. Farm and Food Policy. A new opportunity to demonstrate our unique cultural expression as equal partners in Food, Fiber, Fuel and Financial markets of our global Agriculture industry is at hand. Broad based community support is necessary to assist the Congressional Black Caucus reduce the impacts of race and poverty directly related to food insecurity. Black Farmers and Agriculturalist...
Posted: Sun, Jan 21, 2007 9:00pm PST
New Push for Social Security "Reform" Flushed with "Surge" Surrender,Democrats Eye Fresh Sell-Out Scheme...
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:37am PST
California's Food Landscape Encourages Obesity Fast food stores outnumber healthier eating options all across the state, according to a new study released Jan. 19. Viji Sundaram is health editor for New America Media....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:11am PST
2007 Farm Bill: Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope 
Urban Agriculture is a viable solution to many of the adverse health impacts in low, low, food security communities. Let us duplicate and support the positive examples of success in the 2007 Farm Bill. California Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association will help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Congressional Black Caucus with a strong push to highlight our queen sista consistent efforts to bring seeds of justice and seeds of hope to black folk who need it most....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 8:47pm PST
Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs The new documentary “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs ” looks at how illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created by pharmaceutical companies to make greater profits. We play an excerpt....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:47am PST
Historic mobilizations will usher in "new phase" in Campaign for Fair Food! PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY!
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces a major mobilization for farmworker justice, April 13 14, 2007, in the greater Chicago area. Make your plans to join us for historic actions that will usher in a new phase in the Campaign for Fair Food.
CIW: "Today, we are tired, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., of`relying on the good will and understanding of those who profit by exploiting us.'"...
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 7:43am PST
Why Children's Hospitals Sell Junk Food The majority of children’s hospitals sell fast food on-site because just like public schools they’re desperate for funding, writes New America Media contributor Rahul K. Parikh, MD, FAAP....
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2007 10:08am PST
Report details spread of global AIDS epidemic Last year saw a major spread of the global AIDS epidemic. According to the report “2006 Aids Epidemic Update” published by the United Nations bodies UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 39.5 million people now live with HIV, and in 2006 alone 4.3 million became infected with the HIV virus and 2.9 million died from the effects of AIDS....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 10:39am PST
Paris court defends racist provocateurs exploiting plight of homeless The Paris Administrative Tribunal has twice defended the right of an openly racist organisation, Solidarité des Français (SDF), to offer pig soup to homeless people in Paris, deliberately excluding those whose religion or customs forbid this food....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 10:37am PST
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