An Urgent Call by Scientists to ... Defend Science!
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101006D.shtml
US science signatories state, "We must refuse to accept a situation where
scientific inquiry is blocked or its findings ruled out of order unless they
conform to the goals of the government, to corporate interests and to the
ideology of religious fundamentalists; where dogma enforced by governmental
and religious authority takes the place of science; where the scientific
approach of seeking natural explanations for natural phenomena is
suppressed."
Lower Standards Help Army Recruit Troubled Children
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101006E.shtml
About 17 percent of the first-time recruits, or about 13,600, were accepted
under waivers for various medical, moral or criminal problems, including
misdemeanor arrests or drunk driving, drug and alcohol problems, including
those who may have failed a drug test or acknowledged they had used drugs.
Working Families Under Attack
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101006G.shtml
Workers' rights have been severely crippled. On Tuesday, President Bush's
National Labor Relations Board issued a decision that will deny the right to
organize to as many as 8 million workers in 200 occupations.
