---in memory of Denise Levertov, 1923-1997
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Andrew Schleicher 7-01-1999
Nearly 4,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., in May to tell President Clinton and Congress that the U.S. training of Latin American death squads must stop.
Andrew Schleicher 7-01-1999
So much talk was on the Dow breaking 10,000 that hardly anyone noticed the decline in net worth of the average worker.
Andrew Schleicher 7-01-1999
Following the story of Jesus’ path to Golgotha, 150 people gathered on Good Friday at the U.S. Capitol for the Economic Way of the Cross.
Andrew Schleicher 7-01-1999
While reporting in Peru three years ago, American journalist Lori Berenson was convicted of treason and imprisoned after a trial by a hooded judge in a military tribunal.
The Editors 7-01-1999
Technology, of course, is a mixed blessing. But especially for those working in difficult and far-flung situations, e-mail can be vital for much more than relaying the latest office humor.
Rose Marie Berger 7-01-1999
Starting on Sunday, May 16, thousands of people of faith around the United States, Europe, and Yugoslavia have held candlelight prayer vigils on local bridges and overpasses as a witness for peace in Yugoslavia...
Andrew Schleicher 7-01-1999
The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) revealed in April an alternative to the U.S. government’s radioactive waste disposal plans.
Carole Grappo 5-01-1999
I JUST READ online Robert Jewett’s article "The Abandonment of Trust" (November-December 1998).
Molly Marsh 5-01-1999
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire of Northern Ireland and Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina traveled to Iraq in March on a Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation.
Molly Marsh 5-01-1999
In a new report from Cambridge University’s World Conservation Monitoring Center in Britain, scientists say that humans have destroyed more than 30 percent of the natural world since 1970
Molly Marsh 5-01-1999
Housing and Urban Development officials and Native American tribal leaders are launching a project to build and renovate housing on tribal lands.
Andrew Schleicher, Molly Marsh 5-01-1999
Wangari Maathai, above, coordinator of Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement, was attacked in January with several others as she attempted to plant trees in the Karura forest, near Nairobi.
Marvin Rees 5-01-1999
"To overcome a nearly 400-year legacy of unregulated business and investment that gave us slavery, colonialism, and widespread human and economic exploitation, today we introduce HR 772." That is
Andrew Schleicher, Molly Marsh 5-01-1999
Former boxing champion Muhammad Ali, the newly appointed "international ambassador" for Jubilee 2000, visited Britain in February to accept the Freddie Mercury Prize for the debt relief campaign.