N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post A privately convened commission of labor and immigrant advocates held the first of several planned nationwide hearings yesterday to publicize allegations that U.S. immigration officials routinely violate constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure during workplace raids. At the gathering at the Hay-Adams hotel in the District, witnesses and members of…
By Leslie Griffith, t r u t h o u t On Friday, at a United Nations meeting in Geneva, the United States broke a series of legal promises. Keeping those promises would have proved extremely embarrassing to the United States government by pointing out that human rights abuses are being committed here at home…
By Dean Baker, The American Prospect Last summer, President Bush told the American people that “the American economy is the envy of the world.” He continued, “The fundamentals of our economy are strong…. Job creation is strong. Real after-tax wages are on the rise. Inflation is low.” None of this was exactly true then, but…
By Robert Pear, New York Times President Bush rebuffed appeals from the nation’s governors on Monday to increase spending on roads, bridges and other public works as a way to revive the economy. Governors said Mr. Bush had told them at a White House meeting that he wanted to see the effects of his economic…
