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Demise of US rail system highlighted by DC-area bridge fault On November 13, an inspection of a CSX Corporation’s Anacostia River railroad bridge revealed structural problems, leading to the temporary closure of the bridge to all traffic. Located east of Washington, D.C., the bridge is part of a line carrying all north-south freight traffic through that region. Its closure has resulted in rerouting and delays for all of this traffic, and approximately 50 employees are without work or pay until the bridge is repaired....
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2006 7:16am PST
Sleep 'tight' and don't let the bed bugs bite Some common sense advice...
Posted: Tue, Nov 28, 2006 9:07am PST
Hundreds Face Eviction in New Orleans Over 100 families living in an apartment complex in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans are facing eviction. Tenants in the complex recently received notices telling them they had to vacate the premises because the new owners of the building were planning massive renovations. We go to New Orleans to speak with Malik Rahim on the Common Ground collective....
Posted: Mon, Nov 27, 2006 6:59am PST
A riot in China over deteriorating public health care Two thousand people mobbed and ransacked a hospital in the southwestern Chinese city of Guangan, in Sichuan province, on November 10 after it allegedly refused to treat a 3-year-old child before payment. The riot is another indication of widespread and growing frustration over worsening social conditions, in this case the result of Beijing’s “user-pays” medical reforms....
Posted: Mon, Nov 27, 2006 6:13am PST
The Trouble with the Bubble 
Ralph Nader gives us something to think about when even here in San Francisco, "as many as 30,000 condos are under construction, planned or proposed in San Francisco and about half of those units will probably wind up being built in the next five years." http://tinyurl.com/yclu35...
Posted: Sat, Nov 25, 2006 9:06am PST
Britain: Farepak collapse ruins Christmas for tens of thousands Farepak, one of the largest Christmas hamper and savings clubs in Britain, has collapsed, robbing at least 300,000 families of their Christmas savings worth up to £150 million. Some families lost up to £1,500 when Farepak went into liquidation four weeks ago....
Posted: Mon, Nov 20, 2006 6:38am PST
Ethnic Media Fellows Discuss Current Health Care Issues New America Media bookended its first national awards in Washington DC with a two-day fellowship for eight ethnic media practitioners from California. Funded by The California Endowment, three journalists from the Indian American, Chinese language and African American press asked about different health issues facing their communities. They were joined by six additional fellows of California-based media who traveled to the nation’s capitol for a day and half of meetings and workshops on health...
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2006 10:20am PST
Please Take Action for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferers Please take action on behalf of more than a million sufferers in the U.S., many of whom are women and people of color. Because this illness disproportionatley affects women and people of color, it has been ignored by the CDC, NIH and even the AMA for the last 20 years. Finally, the CDC is admitting that this is a real illness with a biological basis. According to researcher Dr. Nancy Klimas, there's evidence that the patients with this illness experience a level of disability that's equal ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 2:16am PST
War, social inequality and the crisis of American democracy How did a situation arise where such massive and undemocratic violations of rights take place, and they go unchallenged and even un-discussed in any serious way? Life-and-death questions of democratic rights that resound through our history have emerged, yet an election campaign is conducted where they are not discussed and cannot be examined....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 6:35am PST
Darfur Diaries: Filmmakers Return From Sudan to Bring Stories of Oppression and Survival The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Friday called for the disarming of government-backed militias in Darfur. We speak with three young filmmakers about their journey into Darfur where they interviewed refugees living in camps in the harshest of conditions and produced the documentary, "Darfur Diaries."...
Posted: Mon, Nov 13, 2006 7:29am PST
Shanghai corruption scandal exposes crisis of China’s pension system The weeks-long “anti-corruption” campaign in Shanghai launched by Chinese President Hu Jintao, finally reached one of its major targets—the Shanghai Communist Party boss, Chen Liangyu. His downfall marks a setback for the so-called “Shanghai gang” of former president Jiang Zemin, in the ongoing factional struggles of the Chinese leadership....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:14am PST
The slide into poverty—an increasing likelihood for workers in Detroit’s suburbs The Dow Jones may be hitting 12,000 and the US government and corporations may be proclaiming this period a golden age of prosperity and profit, but people living in the formerly comfortable Michigan counties of Oakland and Macomb would beg to differ....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:09am PST
Why We Are So Sick - The Huge Cover-Up BREAST MONTH - AWARENESS OR DECEPTION ?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 3:04pm PST
Bond measure provides help for those who need it most 
Those who vote this November 7th will face an array of bond measures. The smallest of these measures, Proposition 1C, also happens to be the most critical for many Californians- the homeless, women escaping a violent environment, farmworkers, and working families....
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 9:07am PDT
Germany: Mass demonstrations against social and welfare cuts An estimated 200,000 workers, their families and young people took to the streets in five major German cities (Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dortmund and Munich) Saturday to protest against the social and welfare cuts imposed by the previous Social Democratic Party (SPD)-Green Party government and the current grand coalition government of the conservative parties—Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU)—and the SPD....
Posted: Tue, Oct 24, 2006 7:21am PDT
City, State Candidates & Elected Officials MIA From Bayview Rally The issues of crime, gentrification and school closures, key concerns to voters this campaign season, were addressed at a community rally outside San Francisco City Hall Monday organized by a coalition of community organizations who fear that increasing crime, redevelopment and poor school will force more African American out of San Francisco. Cameras from most of the major TV stations were there, and in an election year, candidates are usually drawn to a news camera the way paparazzi are att...
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 7:23am PDT
Kashmir earthquake survivors face another freezing winter without adequate shelter Last Sunday marked the first anniversary of the devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Kashmir. More than 70,000 people were killed in northern Pakistan and the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir. Around 3.5 million people were left homeless as cities, towns and villagers throughout the region were levelled....
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 8:50am PDT
Report documents the disastrous plight of Canada’s welfare recipients A recent report from the National Council of Welfare, an advisory board to the federal Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, paints a very somber picture of the conditions in which welfare recipients in Canada are forced to live....
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 8:49am PDT
Home foreclosures soar in US The social impact of the bursting of the US housing market is already being registered in a sharp increase in home foreclosures. In August, the foreclosure rate rose a staggering 53 percent over the same period a year ago. In Michigan, Ohio, and other states hard hit by mass layoffs in manufacturing, the impact has been particularly severe....
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 8:01am PDT
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