Salt of the Earth: In the News

In the News
February 2001

Miss any news this month? Salt of the Earth collects social justice stories each week, Monday through Friday.

Friday, February 23
Fewer attempt border hide-and-seek

Schools derailing violence

Activists protest Colombian aid at Sikorsky factory

Rape war crime verdict welcomed

The details bedevil faith initiative

Thursday, February 22

Smaller classes don’t necessarily equal better education

Bishops seek environmental salvation for Columbia River

Nike concedes abuses in Indonesia plants

Setback for rights of disabled

Can blacks keep gains in a slowing economy?

Wednesday, February 21
Sister Helen Prejean leads crusade against death penalty

Immigrants stuck in prison limbo

Colorado children's deaths rekindle debate on religion

Mom wins asylum for son with autism

'Civility' proposal targets Houston panhandlers

Tuesday, February 20
New legal window to open up for illegal immigrants

Third-grader's racism study banned

Bush's call to church groups attracts the untraditional

High-tech police: Big Brother with a badge?

The drug war comes to the reservation

Monday, February 19
Beneath Harlem block's new surface, a dark undertow

In an uncertain climate, philanthropy is slowing

Africans demand British pay for colonialism's sins

Assisted living: Helping hand may not be enough

An environmental-industrial complex?

Friday, February 16
Dissent simmers at St. Mary's law school

Students helping to avert school tragedies

Farmers offer millions of spuds to poor

In Florida, lessons on vouchers

Indicators show D.C. homelessness getting worse

Thursday, February 15
Europe approves new genetically modified food control

Anti-drug program to adopt new strategy

Plan aims to head off nursing crisis

Camp Fear: Juvenile boot camps

Virginia 'regretful' for eugenics sterilization program

Wednesday, February 14
Migrants plant trees but often pocket peanuts

What N.Y. schools get in aid often has little connection to needs

Nurse workforce shrinking

Tribal land claim resisted in Illinois

Tuesday, February 13

Torture widespread in China, group says

Consumers want engineered food labeled

Welfare debate focuses on marriage

Billionaires decide where dollars go

Monday, February 12
Virginia debates death penalty reform

On Wall Street, more investors push social goals

Reading program aims to blunt impact of poverty

Religious charities under fresh scrutiny

In the Bronx, ethnic mix breeds tensions at school

Friday, February 9
As ex-theorist on young 'superpredators,' Bush aide has regrets

Bush takes first step to shrink arsenal of nuclear warheads

Anti-WTO activists turn to hacktivism

Eco-arson sets off sparks in desert

Tax-cut plan may keep growing, and growing

Thursday, February 8
More people at New York homeless shelters

Quake can't shake caste system

24 states get "F" in child passenger safety

Locks issued by gun group are being recalled

Kids on trial: 'justice by geography'

Wednesday, February 7
White House reverses, will keep AIDS, race offices

Safety standards sought after gun locks fail test

High HIV rates seen in young

Quests build to clone humans

Detroit opens e-food operation

Tuesday, February 6
Aid can move only so fast in India

Who's defending Rockefeller drug laws? The prosecutors

Factory workers beaten

Doctors want all SIDS deaths investigated

Government plan aims to halve number of new HIV infections

Monday, February 5
Bush warning on military spending challenges Pentagon

India faces problems distributing aid

Concerns rise that illegal immigrants are robbery targets

Water rights: Florida boaters vs. manatees

Two faces of globalization

Friday, February 2
Prison populations decline

Japan struggles in dealing with its homeless

Forum puts reparations for slavery into spotlight

High-profile inmate escapes nudge states to address shortage of guards

Bush unveils plan for disabled

Thursday, February 1
Details released on ongoing abortion dialogue in Massachusetts

Nonprofits, faith-based groups near top of poll on social solutions

Florida farmworkers take on fast-food giant

No crops spared in Colombia's coca war

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