On the night of February 4, 1999, Amadou Diallo, an innocent and unarmed African immigrant was shot 41 times by four white New York police officers. Last week, even the cynical Black community was shocked when all cops were aquitted

A Death Unpunished
Verdict Demonstrates System Corruption
Police Abuse is Invisible Crime
Cop in Diallo Case Had Killed Man In Similar Incident
"Dear Amadou..."

As Bush's presidential ambitions grew, so did the frequency of overnight stays by political allies and fund-raisers. Beginning in mid-1997, the mansion came to act as a gathering place and springboard for the nascent 2000 campaign, ultimately raising more than $2.2 million to further Bush's political career. But the overnight visits to the taxpayer-supported mansion might have violated Texas law

House OKs "Property Rights" Bill
Would make it easier for developers to override local government

No Proof That Mitigated Wetlands Work
Although developers routinely promise fake wetlands the same as real

Who's Liable for Genetically Modified Crops?
Suit would make Monsanto responsible for damages caused by its products

INTERVIEW WITH LEONARD PELTIER
Jailed for 24 years and internationally recognized as America's most prominent political prisoner

Trafficking of Women on Increase
As many as 500,000 trafficked into Western Europe annually

Sharp Decline in "Maquiladoras" Conditions
Sweatshops on Mexico border employ 1 million poor women

Growing Call For Reparations of U.S. Slavery
That'll be $10 trillion in back wages, please

Mystery Ship Worries African Enviros
Huge chemical tanker slowly sinking for six months off west coast

Congress Report Blasts IMF for Failures
Clinton administration expected to bury findings

IMF Polices Damaged Environment, Group Says
Encourages destructive industries like logging and mining

Leaded Gas Still Sold Throughout Third World
Puts 1.7 billion at risk of lead poisoning

A Year After NATO Bombings, Trauma Lingers
7.5 million Serbs were affected

IN THIS ISSUE:   Does Project Censored have a future? Leonard Peltier gets medical treatment; Nazis on the march; the census squawk

U.S. AT CROSSROADS IN COLOMBIAN WAR As Congress approves more than a $1 billion in military aid to Colombia for the war on drugs, both the U.S. and Colombia move ever deeper into a surreal relationship, where appearance is everything and the truth too frightening to contemplate. The result could be a replay of the disasters caused during the 1980s in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador -- or, it could become another Viet Nam Colombia Anti-Drug Aid is Replay of Reagan's Mistakes Fears of Kosovo-Style War in Colombia U.S. Aid Money Will Worsen Colombia's Internal Conflicts Colombia, U.S. Both Hooked on Drug War Colombia's Child Soldiers

Dr. Laura Retreats From Gay-Bashing Under Pressure
Calls swamped producers of her upcoming TV talk show

Media Ignores African Disasters: "Been There, Done That"
Urgent news of Mozambique, Ethopia slighted by Western press

A Nasty Campaign Against Organic Food
Industry spreads misinformation about organic food quality