Ashcroft, Death Penalty Zealot
Pursuing death penalties in states that reject capital punishment

Will the Feds Prosecute Corporate Evildoers?
Bush "financial crimes SWAT team" won't be kicking down doors

Hawks Unhappy Over Improved Beijing Ties
Another effort to undermine Sec'y of State Colin Powell

Repubs Lose Only Congressional Black Conservative
GOP used J.C. Watts as mouthpiece and symbol of "inclusiveness"

Crime And The President's Restatement of Yearnings
"Shocked, shocked:" George Bush/Harvey Pitt steal lines from old movies

Prescription Drug Bill Written by Big Pill Industry
Billions would come from taxpayer subsidy of high prices

Why is Congress Ignoring Ashcroft's Failures?
Before Sept. 11, he shunned terrorism progams in favor of moralistic agenda

Senator Proposes Civil Liberties Director for FBI
Washington in no mood to hear about civil liberties safeguard

On Monday, June 17, 2002, trial began in San Francisco in one of the most important federal civil rights cases in recent history. Dramatic testimony from the mother of a domestic violence homicide victim was heard, detailing her daughter's fear of her estranged husband, her vain attempts to have the laws enforced that should have protected her; and a moment-by-moment account of her murder. Before the second day was over, jurors and courtroom observers sat in shock at the announcement the County had agreed to pay $1 million to end the lawsuit -- the first time in history a law enforcement agency has paid damages for their role in a domestic violence homicide of Maria Teresa Macias. Here is the story behind this landmark women's rights case

Pinochet Case Over
Chile's highest court drops all charges against former dictator

U.S. Still Pushing For War Crimes Court Immunity Now wants 12 month "Get out of jail free" card

No research has been conducted to determine if dolphins could be affected by the U.S. Navy sonar tests

U.S. Corporate Misconduct Even Worse in Third World Many global companies operate without accountability in poor nations

30000+ Acres of Biotech Cotton Destroyed in India Mixup Demonstrates problem of controlling genetically modified seeds

Navy Gets OK for Sonar Blasts That Could Harm Whales Given permission to "harass marine mammals" with human- deafening sound levels

Bush Seeks Millions for Indonesia Police Training
Although training suspended in 1999 after human rights abuses

Workers, Retirees Bear Brunt of Argentina's Bank Collapse Big account holders pulled out money early

Is Nuke Waste Coming to Your Backyard? 50 million Americans live very close to nuke waste routes

Oil, Mining Seen as Curse for Poor Countries Study condradicts World Bank claims of trickle-down benefits

Oil Consortium Seeks "Free Public Money" to Build Caspian Pipeline
Concerns that locals won't benefit from proposed $3 billion project

Julia "Butterfly" Hill Deported From Ecuador After Pipeline Protest
Joined Amazon activists in protest outside Occidental Petroleum HQ

Two New Monkeys Found in Amazon Rainforest Underscores need to preserve disappearing habitat

N Zealand Covered Up Illegal Release of GM Seed Government changed policies to aid bio-seed companes

Years After Kosovo War, Poison Air Lingers Particles of toxic depleted uranium leading to cancer and leukemia

Pesticides Can Travel Thousands of Miles by Air
DDT and PCB easily spread by wind, researchers find

Study Finds Some Kinds of Stress Harm Immune System
But other kinds of stress may be good for you

Bhopal Survivors Seek Help From Plant's New Owner
Over 120,000 people remain chronically ill

Ever-Elusive Usama Becomes Bush Headache
As bin Laden's trail grew cold and leads dried up, it began to dawn on the Bush Administration that making Osama bin Laden the bellwether for the war on terrorism might have been a mistake

Japan Passes First Domestic Violence Laws But proof of physical abuse still needed for restraining order

COLOMBIA WAR UPDATE

Bush Effort to Link Drugs, Terrorism Alarms Colombia "More weapons, more killings, and more suffering for our people"

Colombia Mayors, Judges, Declared "Military Targets" Over half quit, flee after rebels give ultimatum

Bush Approves Colombia Funding Despite Paramilitary Ties Tacit approval of army link to death squads

Little Remains of Russia's Pristine Forests What remains is unprotected against logging

Is The Inglewood Beating Really Another Rodney King?
A decade later, the cops and feds move to investigate quickly

One Jackbooted Step Towards a Police State
What the Bushies are doing to Jose Padilla is an outrage and could happen to any of us

Bush's Dirty Nuclear Bomb
Worry more about White House nuke storage plans than al Qaeda bomb

Bush Distorts History to Claim Reagan Legacy
Reagan reduced nuclear war threat, Bush seeks to encourage it

Supreme Court Voucher Decision Divides Blacks
But not enough kids in programs to tell whether vouchers can help poor and working class

Blame D.C. as Much as Wall St.
Bush Harken Deals a New Scandal, Not Old News
Bush to Wall St: "We Will do Nothing"
The Blame Bill Clinton Crowd
Here's To Us All
Bush: Pro Fitness, Anti Democracy
Insurance "Crisis" Means Insurance Co Bailout
Bush Fighting War on 30 Fronts
Texas Demos Smell Blood