Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Michael Marriotte, executive director of the Nuclear Information Resource Service, about the Bush plan to revive nuclear power, an industry that until recently appeared headed for a slow death.
Editor's Note: Looks like the Establishment is running scared of Living Wages. You can access the local Living Wage campaign organization at: http://www.prairienet.org/livingwage/
I've had problems getting anything other than the page header to load at Ohio Valley IMC in order to cover the events there this weekend in protest of the killings of black men by Cincinnati police.
OAKLAND, CA -- When Americans think of human rights violations, they don't normally think of people like Freman Davis, a 71-year old retired African- American machinist living here in the Oakland Homeless Project. Mr. Davis' troubles began seven years ago when he was evicted from his apartment. With rising real estate prices here, he was never able to find another one that would fit within the means of his $570 monthly Social Security check.