Month February 2004

US probing Ralphs hiring locked out workers If true, this could prove very costly for Ralphs. The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles is looking into allegations that Ralphs supermarket managers have illegally hired locked-out union workers under false names…

Save Kevin Cooper from execution Kevin Cooper will be executed in California on Feb 10 for murders there are serious questions he could have committed. Key evidence was tampered with and destroyed. Other evidence was ignored. Expert witnesses said one…

Maybe we should burn her at the stake? FCC’s Powell not amused by flashing Janet JacksonThe Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime antics of singers Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake have infuriated the nation’s top telecom regulatory, Michael Powell, chairman of the…

Supports build for unified March 20 antiwar protests The open letter circulated on Jan. 12 by Arab and Muslim groups to the US antiwar movement has now been endorsed by 222 organizations. From the Jan. 31 update. In addition to…

Little victories I’ve been trying to learn Spanish, picking up what I can from listening to conversations, reading signs, learning with CD lessons. A few days ago, I listened to a conversation between three Latinos and was able, for the…