Bush Snubs Black Congress Members
Pres. Uniter - Not - Divider has refused 4 requests for meetings since September

Congress Kills Restrictions On Pesticide Use In Schools
Stealth lobbying by chemical industry led GOP to drop support of health bill

Was Bush Changed By Sept. 11? Hardly
Smirky boy-President becomes somber, but remains the same sort of president he was before

The Ghost of COINTELPRO
Ashcroft banking that most don't remember the FBI's counter-intelligence program

Terrorism Becomes Favorite Excuse to Trash Environment
Bush now wants "security impact statements" that override enviro concerns

Bush "Coal Czar" Nominee Has Troubling Record
Tried to dismantle agency Bush wants him to head

THE REAL AMERICAN EMERGENCY

Bush's Permanent War
Will there be any end to this? Not according to Bush

Bush Takes Heat For Military Tribunal Plans
Even right-wingers appalled at secret court proposals

Kenneth Lay is living proof that one person can change the world. His company, Enron, may be in shambles. In three months, it may no longer exist. But for the rest of our lives we will live in a world redesigned by Kenneth Lay -- one of the closest friends of President George W. Bush

Israel Puts Palestinian Areas Under Lockdown West Bank Palestinian residents isolated by military blockades

Israeli "Warning" Injures 100, Kills 2 Mock attack on Arafat's HQ only builds Palestinian support

UN Warning: Don't Curb Freedom to Fight Terrorism U.S., Canada, and England tighten civil rights in name of security

Dropping ABM Treaty A Big Win For U.S. Right-Wing
Secretary of State Colin Powell increasingly ignored

Pakistan, Iran Mend Fences After Taliban Fall
Gas pipeline through Pakistan would be boon to Iran

Iran Drug Traffic To Skyrocket During Afghanistan Chaos Finds that death penalty risk no deterrent IN THIS ISSUE:   Is your local TV news under control of its advertisers? Most news directors admit it, and say the problem is getting worse India Outrage Over Military "Coffin-gate" Scandal $2,500 for substandard U.S. coffins for war heroes U.S. Approved of 1975 E Timor Invasion, Documents Show Smoking gun showing Kissinger lied about authorizing atrocities Life for Mumia Abu-Jamal? Victory for death penalty opponents Citizens Victims In Colombia War Crossfire Guerillas, paramiltary leaving behind a trail of death Enviros Sue U.S. Over Lax Mining Rules Interior Secretary Gale Norton faces another suit over failure to protect U.S. lands Bangladesh Clothing Industry Collapses Closure of over 1,000 factories leaves economy in tatters Canadian Natives Not Told About Toxic Fishing For Two Years Did not admit problem until tribe hired science experts

Beijing Downplays Impact Of Taiwan Vote Outcome of the elections is unsettling for mainland China

China Emerges as Big Winner in Afghan War War accelerates shift to Asia-Pacific as world's economic center

Bush To Africa: Call Us Next Year More money to fight AIDS only "once (it) demonstrates success"

Cheap Lives -- The East St. Louis Murders
No outcry to find serial killer of poor, black women

News Media Has Shunnned Women Since Sept. 11
Study finds women rarely appeared on news talkshows or as op/ed writers

Afghan Warlord Dostum Is Bad News
Holiday Book List
Israeli Settlements Are The Problem
Ashcroft's Sweeping Police Powers
The Great Bush Environmental Giveaway
Media Swallows Enron PR About Collapse
Has Poor John Ashcroft Lost His Mind?