In the News
March 2001

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

Friday, March 30
Drug research inadequate, White House panel finds

Senate clears last hurdle for bill on soft-money ban

Editorial: Speak up now for campaign finance reform

DiIulio’s faith-based challenge

Illinois Walgreens cuts will hit poor hardest

Thursday, March 29
U.S. court tosses major anti-abortion verdict

Lawmakers briefed on human cloning plans

A rebuilder in the Bronx scales back

Prisons as psycho factories?

Bush rejects U.S. role in global warming pact

Wednesday, March 28
Illinois bill would let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses

Senators defeat effort to derail soft-money ban

Gun control movement changes approach

Court weighs exception to marijuana ban

U.S. aims to pull out of warming treaty


Tuesday, March 27
School's law team excels against odds

Student activists: still a strong force

Creatively seeking mentors among the time-starved

Foundation grants surged last year despite slow economy

U. of Michigan admissions ruled unconstitutional

Monday, March 26
Prison population grows at slowest rate in 29 years

Can low-IQ convicts be put on death row?

Maryland House backs 2-year moratorium

Clause could kill campaign finance reform

Chicago Housing Authority knows it must change minds

Friday, March 23
In Senate, hard bargaining on soft money

Congress takes up faith-based aid bills

When time is more valuable than charity

Death stalks a continent: AIDS in Africa

Conservative writer tweaks with campus politics over issue of reparations

Thursday, March 22
Senate rejects Bush plan to curb union and corporate donations

Texas fight takes on race and death penalty

Boston answers call for after-school care

UN says only plastic bottles, sunlight needed to purify water

Hospitals must get pregnant moms' consent for drug testing

Wednesday, March 21
Dominicans urge the U.S. to end sanctions on Iraq

Catholic Health Association to increase focus on uninsured

Colleges create programs for the elderly

High school student finds computers for needy kids

Bush dismantles environmental rules

Tuesday, March 20
Most welfare plans pass on charity

Immigration proposals get mixed reviews

Proposed U.S. cuts imperil patrols at public housing

Texas House hears testimony against death penalty

Monday, March 19
Battle lines drawn for debate on campaign finance

Volunteers mend homes, spirits

Illegal residents exceed estimate

Philadelphia pilot: A proving ground for faith-based programs

States waver on welfare reform's next step

Friday, March 16
Trying to stop a problem as old as playgrounds

Celebrity profs dabble while the ill-educated starve

House GOP pushes new abortion limits

'Golden rice' creates dilemma for liberals

Ambitious project aims to 'Save the Mothers'

Thursday, March 15
To boost ranks, unions recruit illegal workers

In Senate debate on drugs, 'Traffic' moves minds

AIDS drugs to be sold below cost in Africa

Flood of ex-convicts finds job market tight

NY admits plants headed to poor areas

Wednesday, March 14
Indiana killer executed, mother attempts suicide

Multiracial identification might affect programs

Senators slow action on faith-based aid

Houston housing study sees bias in renting

How the world combats an internet network of pedophiles

Tuesday, March 13
Law firms find new ways to help needy, for free

Illinois housing advocates seek more state aid

Relief groups criticize plan to feed kids abroad

A new plan to roll back drug terms in New York

In Pheonix, a new development in reviving neighborhoods

Monday, March 12
Hispanics bolster Chicago economy

Southern African bishops decry attempts to block cheap AIDS drugs

New York charities fight rule on lobbying

Faith initiative may be revised

Friday, March 9
School shooting victim's dad against adult charges

From welfare to dignity

Crime and Punishment: Cautious bishops miss the mark in pastoral on crime

African-American legislator says Florida bar refused to serve him

Farm workers sign pact with berry grower

Thursday, March 8
Maryland church offers health care for the uninsured

Fetal cell implants create disastrous side effects

The new look of spring break

Military contractors spent freely to influence 2000 election

Hispanics now equal blacks in population

Wednesday, March 7
Catholic Charities backs housing bill

Tactics in drug war take hits

Senate votes to repeal workplace-safety rule

Supreme Court blocks Missouri execution order

Girls' mom awaits execution to grieve

Tuesday, March 6
Court to consider right to sue company running halfway house for federal agency

Trial in AIDS drug lawsuit opens in Pretoria

U.S. studies reparations to Mexican descendants for 'stolen' property

Activist set on politicizing the hip-hop nation

Still, no new gun laws

Monday, March 5
An American cardinal who works to help the world

U.S. aids conversion-minded quake relief in El Salvador

With racial profiling, even research is suspect

New milestone for U.S. executioners

El Paso doctors: We can't afford to treat poor kids

Friday, March 2
Philadelphia archdiocesan office to aid neighborhoods

Young justice seekers learn how to push for change

Where they stay in school for the peas

Lieberman may back faith initiative bill

More groups fighting campaign finance bill

Thursday, March 1
World confronts an aging population

Justices reject Congress’s curbs on welfare suits

New York agrees to add rooms for homeless

Nike on trial

Panel urges reparations to blacks for 1921 race riot

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