Jul 24 2008
Freeing Los Angeles of Plastic Bags?
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The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the use of all plastic bags in the city by retail and grocery stores by 2010. According to the unanimous decision the ban will go into effect if the state fails to impose a minimum 25 cent per use fee for …
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the use of all plastic bags in the city by retail and grocery stores by 2010. According to the unanimous decision the ban will go into effect if the state fails to impose a minimum 25 cent per use fee for …
The highly organized teachers of Puerto Rico have faced violent repression in their fight for labor rights and quality education. The Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico or FMPR, represents over 40,000 teachers and is the largest independent union in Puerto Rico. In February 2008 teachers voted to strike after working without a …
The Federal Minimum Wage is set to increase 70 cents today bringing the mandated hourly pay rate to a whopping $6.55 per hour. Today’s minimum wage raise is the second of three annual increases set forth by Congress after a decade of no such action. With the U.S. economy in a fragile state, diverging views are …
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For over 20 years, the Los Angeles based theater troupe, Culture Clash has been examining the United States on stage, through a uniquely Chicano lens. Formed on Cinco de Mayo in 1984 in San Francisco, Culture Clash originally had 6 members, including Monica Palacios, a guest we had on Uprising only last week. Today 3 …
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a father of two from Yemen, is standing trial in Guantanamo, Cuba, for participating in a terrorism conspiracy and faces life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors are portraying Hamdan as Osama bin Laden’s former driver, a member of Al Qaeda who supported terrorist attacks, and an accomplice to the September 11th 2001 …
Immigration has come up as major issue in this year’s presidential race, as it does every four years. Senator John McCain’s so-called flip-flopping on the topic has been under attack from Conservatives and Latino leaders alike in the past few months. The Republican nominee for President initially claimed that he supported a “comprehensive immigration …
In what is being called a “make-or-break” meeting, the latest WTO gathering in Geneva could be the impetus for a new world trade pact. More than 30 trade officials have gathered in the Swiss city for a week-long session of the World Trade Organization that could end the so-called “Doha round” of talks. Associated Press …
A nuclear deal between India and the United States has sparked serious instability within the Indian government. After more than 3 years of negotiations over a US-India nuclear agreement, the Indian parliament today held a vote of confidence in the coalition government led by the Congress Party. The vote was called by Prime …
The group Christians United for Israel, led by controversial reverend John Hagee, is holding its third annual summit in Washington D.C. this week. Starting yesterday and continuing through Thursday, the Washington-Israel Summit will feature elected officials like Senator Joseph Lieberman. The convention also includes workshops such as the one named “Radical Islam: In Their Own …
