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 Editorials | At Issue
Mexico Study: Groups Feel Discrimination
 Wire services
The first nationwide government survey on discrimination found a majority of women, Indian minorities, the disabled and homosexuals feel they are singled out for mistreatment even though most Mexicans say they condemn such behavior.more »»»
Mexico Thirsts For A Workable Water Policy
 Kenneth Emmond
In Mexico City everyone agrees that the water deficit — the excess consumed above aquifer regeneration through the city's meter-a-year average rainfall — is a time bomb. There is less agreement about when the bomb will go off.more »»»
Mexican Democracy Lurches Forward Under Fox
 Kenneth Emmond
It may well be that President Vicente Fox will one day be remembered for the advances he's made bringing democracy to Mexico. Those of us who were there at the time will also remember the ham-handed way in which he went about it.more »»»
Kansas Begins Hearings on Diluting Teaching of Evolution
 Jodi Wilgoren
In the first of three daylong hearings characterized here as the direct descendant of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a parade of Ph.D.'s testified today about the flaws they find in Darwin's theory of evolution, transforming a small auditorium into a forum on one of the most controversial questions in education and politics: How to teach about the origin of life?more »»»
Mexican Press Losing Its Voices Of Freedom
 San Antonio Express-News
Driven by deadlines, journalism is a stressful profession, each tick of the clock an assault on the psyches of reporters, editors and photographers. In Mexico, however, the deadlines are the easy part. Here, journalists are prime targets, and so is the concept they work so nobly to uphold — freedom of the press.more »»»
A Consequential Church Debate
 Fred Rosen
Because Pope Benedict XVI has a reputation as a strict defender of Church doctrine and authority, his election by the College of Cardinals has stimulated some interesting discussion within and outside the Church of questions of papal authority and the limits of disagreement. more »»»
The Decline Of The Pan
 Fred Rosen
Even more remarkable than the rise in popularity of Andrés Manuel López Obrador over these past few weeks has been the decline in legitimacy of the National Action Party (PAN), the party that has sought most actively to prevent him from competing for the presidency. Doubt is widespread even among self-declared panistas.more »»»
US Constitution, not Religion, Under Attack
 Kit Kincade
The religious right is demanding a unique and special privilege in its battle to support President Bush. They want to challenge civil policy from behind the cloak of religious freedom.more »»»
Wal-Mart's Free Market Fallacy
 Jonathan Tasini
Conservatives run around singing the praises of Wal-Mart, proclaiming it an American success story. None other than Dick Cheney calls the Beast of Bentonville his favorite company. But what I love about Wal-Mart is the way the company highlights the phoniness of two centerpieces of the conservative movement's sloganeering propaganda: the so-called "free market" and "local control."more »»»
FAIR's Fifth Annual Report - How Power Shapes the News
 Peter Hart & Julie Hollar
The Fear & Favor report is an attempt to illustrate the growing encroachment on journalism with real examples that have been made public — not an exhaustive list by any means, but a reminder that such pressures exist, and that reporters serve the best interests of citizens and the journalistic profession by coming forward with their own accounts.more »»»
Crossing Over: Bureaucracy Blocks Road to Legality
 Brenda Gazzar
Often, immigrants can’t get green cards because they have no immediate family members through whom to apply, and the number of work visas granted to low-skilled laborers is very limited.more »»»
America's Religious Right - Saints or Subversives?
 Steve Weissman
Until recently, the vast majority of Americans paid at least lip service to the separation of church and state, and no one more fervently than Southern Baptists and Pentecostals, who feared that Episcopalians, Catholics, Congregationalists, and others might use the power of the state against them.more »»»
Greetings From Mexistan
 Harold Meyerson
It may be just about the most inspiring sight imaginable: hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the main square of some capital city, demanding democratic self-rule. But not in Mexico.more »»»
Immigration Strengthens Mexico's Link to US
 Mason Stockstill
It's uncommon for foreign heads of state to play a role in making U.S. policy, but that didn't stop President Bush from meeting several times with Mexican President Vicente Fox while crafting his plan for a temporary worker program that would allow certain immigrants to travel freely between the two nations.more »»»
Mexico's Catholics at a Crossroads
 Kenneth Emmond
The passing of Pope John Paul II signals a crossroads for world Catholicism, and thoughtful Mexican Catholics must be wondering what the new pope selected at the Vatican conclave in the next few days will bring them. more »»»
The Anti-War Pope
 John Nichols
Expect to see a lot of George W. Bush over the next day or so, as he attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. The White House is going out of its way to hype the fact that Bush is the first U.S. president ever to attend the funeral of a pope.more »»»
Using The Name of the Law In Vain
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Now that a Chamber of Deputies panel has voted to move forward with the removal of Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador from the presidential race, could you feel the glorious rule of law settling in to dominate a bright and shiny Mexican future?more »»»
US Military Recruiters Targeting Minority Teens
 Erika Hayasaki
They're talking up arms: Military recruiters are fortifying their outposts at high schools, hoping a chummy familiarity will entice students to enlist. Some decry the tactics.more »»»
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering US Social Security with Billions
 Eduardo Porter
As the debate over Social Security heats up, the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year.more »»»
Support Grows for Beefing up US Forces
 Edward Epstein
The war-strained all-volunteer U.S. military has a growing manpower problem and a cross-section of Washington policymakers has proposed a solution - increase the size of the regular military by 30,000, 40,000 or even 100,000 or more.more »»»
Who You Callin' a Populist?
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Unlike in the United States, the word "liberal" doesn't work as a political putdown in Latin America. What's more, communist is outdated and leftist is fading. They came up with an oldie-but-goodie populist.more »»»
Colorado Court Bars Execution Because Jurors Consulted Bible
 Kirk Johnson
Colorado's highest court on Monday upheld a lower court's decision throwing out the sentence of a man who was given the death penalty after jurors consulted the Bible in reaching a verdict.more »»»
Secretly, In Plain View
 Melissa Griggs
Sergio Paniagua looks at his paycheck and sees $50 deducted for federal taxes and Social Security. The illegal immigrant from Mexico knows he'll never benefit from any of it.more »»»
And On Other Side of the US, a Really Big Blue State
 Clifford Krauss
While Canadian and American leaders always claim the greatest of fondness for one another, more often than not they have not gotten along very well. And when they have, Canadian leaders have sometimes had to pay a political price.more »»»
The God Racket, From DeMille to DeLay
 Frank Rich
As Congress and the president scurried to play God in the lives of Terri Schiavo, ABC kicked off Holy Week with its perennial ritual: a rebroadcast of the 1956 Hollywood blockbuster, "The Ten Commandments."more »»»
A Glaring Example of Media Bias
 Media Matters
A recent CNN poll asked 909 US adults if they agreed with the court's decision to have the feeding tube removed. The results were displayed along a very narrow scale of 10 percentage points, and thus appeared to show a large gap between Democrats, Republicans and Independents.more »»»
An Indecent Administration Rolls On
 Mike Farrell
Mexico, which has banned capital punishment, sued the United States in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and won. The World Court ruled that the United States must "revisit" at least the 51 cases in which the defendants ended up on death row.more »»»
Nurses, Teachers Take On Schwarzenegger
 CNN News
Schwarzenegger made headlines in recent months by deriding political opponents as "girlie men" and ridiculing a group of nurses at a women's conference. Now, an effort to paint the state's teachers as little more than a balky special interest group has angered many critics.more »»»
Small Road Fuels a Big Political Dispute in Mexico
 Susana Hayward
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, there's probably no better example than the small pathway that abruptly ends a few feet short of linking Mexico City's ABC Hospital with nearby highways.more »»»
Post-9/11 Secrecy Produces Some Undesirable Results
 USATODAY.com
The 9/11 Commission unearthed a torrent of secrets showing how ill-prepared the nation was to deter a terrorist attack, and reminds us that an informed public is one of national security's greatest strengths.more »»»
Bush Orders Hearings for Mexicans on Death Row
 David G. Savage
President Bush, in a bow to international law, has decided that the 49 Mexican nationals who are on death row in California, Texas and other states are entitled to new hearings to see if they were harmed by the failure of authorities to tell them of their right to seek the aid of Mexican officials.more »»»
The Fight Against Illegal Immigration Divides America
 Guillemette Faure
Talk about immigration in Washington does not follow the usual fracture lines of the political parties: Democrats are torn between humanitarian arguments and those of Labor Unions; Republicans are divided between pro-business lobbies and the fears of "Hispanization."more »»»
US Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers
 Associated Press
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states.more »»»
Bush's Sex Scandal
 Nicholas D. Kristof
I'm sorry to report a sex scandal in the heart of the Bush administration. Worse, it doesn't involve private behavior, but public conduct.more »»»
How to Talk to a Conservative about Social Security
 AlterNet
The White House and their deep-pocketed allies have launched a $35 million public relations effort to spread misinformation about President Bush's Social Security privatization scheme. This fact sheet will arm you with all the facts you'll need to take them on.more »»»
Bush Administration Loses in Iraqi Elections
 Robin Wright
In one of the greatest ironies of the U.S. intervention, Iraqis went to the polls and elected a government with a strong religious base - and very close ties to the Islamic republic next door.more »»»
Torture, American Style
 Bob Herbert
Mr. Arar, a Canadian citizen, was not charged with a crime. But, as Jane Mayer tells us in a compelling and deeply disturbing article in the current issue of The New Yorker, he "was placed in handcuffs and leg irons by plainclothes officials and transferred to an executive jet."more »»»
Stories From the Inside
 Bob Herbert
We were at a high level of fear. They would say, 'The world doesn't know you're here. Nobody knows you're here. All they know is that you're missing, and we could kill you and no one would know.'more »»»
Now, U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq's Way
 Robert Scheer
The election in Iraq, though flawed, is terrific news. Any time a people get to use the ballot box instead of guns to make history, they, and the rest of the world, benefit immensely.more »»»
Torture Chicks Gone Wild
 Maureen Dowd
The Bush administration never worries about anything. While the president never mentions Osama, he continues to use 9/11 as an excuse for American policies that bend the rules and play to our worst instincts.more »»»
Genocide Since 1945: Never Again?
 Scott Lamb
After the crimes of the Holocaust became internationally known, the world vowed it would never happen again. But history since 1945 has shown that the international community has stood by, again and again, as genocide unfolds.more »»»
Some See Risks for the G.O.P. in New Strength
 Adam Nagourney and Richard W. Stevenson
President Bush begins his second term with the Republican Party in its strongest position in over 50 years, but his clout is already being tested by Republican doubts about his domestic agenda, rising national unease about Iraq and the threat of second-term overreaching.more »»»
Clinton Seeking Shared Ground Over Abortions
 Patrick D. Healy
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the opposing sides in the divisive debate over abortion should find "common ground" to prevent unwanted pregnancies and ultimately reduce abortions, which she called a "sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."more »»»
The Scandal Sheet
 Peter Dizikes
Print it out, send it to Harry Reid, or just read it and weep. Here are 34 scandals from the first four years of George W. Bush's presidency - every one of them worse than Whitewater.more »»»
Rice and the Battles to Come
 The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday's extended debate over the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of State marks the first warning shot of the 109th Congress.more »»»
From J.F.K. to Baby Bush: Torture in the Senate
 Steve Weissman
U.S. senators now face a clear-cut choice: Will they go along with President Bush and confirm Alberto Gonzales as his new Attorney General, or will they take a strong stand against America's use of torture.more »»»
Bush Immigration Plan Meets GOP Opposition
 Washington Post
President Bush's plan to liberalize the nation's immigration laws to allow millions of undocumented workers the opportunity for legal status appears to be on a collision course with newly aroused sentiment among House Republicans pushing for a crackdown. more »»»
The Top Ten Iraqi War Profiteers of 2004
 The Center for Corporate Policy
In June, the Pentagon's Program Management Office in Iraq awarded a $293 million contract to coordinate security operations among thousands of private contractors to a UK firm whose founder was once investigated for illegal arms smuggling.more »»»
Wal-Mart Elected "Grinch of the Year" for 2004
 Jobs with Justice
The retailing giant Wal-Mart was named 'Grinch of the Year' in a national online poll held by Jobs with Justice. Cintas and Comcast runners-up in national contest to determine who did the most harm to workers and their families this year.more »»»
Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers
 New York Times
Across Latin America, supermarket chains partly or wholly owned by global corporate goliaths like Ahold, Wal-Mart and Carrefour have revolutionized food distribution in the short span of a decade and have now begun to transform food growing, too.more »»»
'Intelligent Design' Mandate Spurs Lawsuit
 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (AP)
Eight families have filed a lawsuit against a school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to the theory of evolution, claiming the curriculum violates the separation of church and state.more »»»
U.S. Cutting Food Aid Aimed at Self-Sufficiency
 New York Times
In one of the first signs of the effects of the ever tightening federal budget, in the past two months the Bush administration has reduced its contributions to global food aid programs aimed at helping millions of people climb out of poverty.more »»» |
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