Salt of the Earth: In the News

In the News
May 2001

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

Thursday, May 31
Political will seen lacking in fight against hunger

Bishops to urge U.S. action on global warming

McVeigh seeking further delay of execution

The Jeffords fallout: What now for missile defense?

Web site plans to broadcast video of abortion clinic entrances

Wednesday, May 30
Globalization could devalue work, cardinal warns

Charities decry tax bill setback

Powerful foes of legal aid

A tussle over right to know where ex-sex offenders live

Program finds success in reducing teenage pregnancy

Tuesday, May 29
The hidden industry of 'hired help'

Summer sponsors scarce for free lunch programs

When children relied on faith-based agencies

Public schools now admitting…three-year-olds

Boys speak: "We need role models, more attention"

Friday, May 25
White House favors Vatican representative to run refugee bureau

Groups campaign against Bush charity plan

Global slave trade prospers

In oil state, a beach cleans up its act

Texas governor gets indigent defense, racial profiling legislation

Thursday, May 24
Plant a row, spread the veggies

Bush in Ohio to push charities plan

Judge sentences School of Americas protesters

Religious leaders to lobby for refundable child credit

How to spell debt relief

Wednesday, May 23
An impoverished summit on poverty

Mobilizing new Americans

Teacher need hits private schools hard

Why racial mixing eludes old cities

One man's crusade to help cash-strapped farmers

Tuesday, May 22
Wrangling delays Senate vote on tax cut

Admissions officers walk a fine line in gender-balancing act

Moving a border to wed rich and poor towns

U.S. works with Mexico on migrants

Is Nike still doing it?

Monday, May 21
Bush prods U.S. firms, youth to join war on poverty

Funding passed for California juvenile halls

World's poor look past aid

House and Senate pursue different paths on tax cuts

When a test fails the schools, careers and reputations suffer

Friday, May 18
Paychecks with a justice payoff

Single father families on the rise

A supply-side plan for US energy

U.S. lifts ban on exports to Iraq

Biotech rice to feed landfill, not the hungry

Thursday, May 17
House backs Bush's aid ban on abortion counseling

A spirit of nonviolence creates a stir in Oregon

Congress on tax cuts: No stopping us now

Human rights groups gain "disclosure" victory on Wall Street

Texas House OKs bill to aid defendants

Wednesday, May 16
A drug foe also battles harsh New York laws

Illinois religious coalition lobbies state for social service hike

Zoning crowds out lower-priced homes

Democrats lose bid to hire more teachers

U.S. starts talks in Security Council on new Iraqi policy

Tuesday, May 15
Higher standards—and more dropouts?

College community service days put a new spin on alumni giving

Immigrants are targets of investment schemes

Texas moves toward a ban of racial profiling

Once vaunted plan against gun violence isn't all it's cracked up to be

Monday, May 14
Bush's double message on the drug war

Chicago sting finds cabs shun the disabled

Texas legislators review use of death penalty

Innovative ways for seniors to get care

The roots of evil

Friday, May 11
Bush suggests shift in drug strategy

Religious leaders decry conditions in immigrant detention center

Many utilities call conservation good business

A diverse city exists equal but separate

Bush takes first shot at gun control

Thursday, May 10
In Texas, free trade puts border colonias in spotlight

Responsible funds get notice

Alabama judge halts transfers of jail inmates

Civil rights coalition clicks on tomorrow

Bush crowns Walters 'drug czar'

Wednesday, May 9
Starting school at 3 can help low-income kids, study finds

Late-term abortionist may face prison

Harvard sit-in over pay ends with deal to re-examine policies

A survey of poverty in America

Living the life of the working poor

Tuesday, May 8
Fellow inmate counsels McVeigh

Texas Senate passes hate crimes bill that Bush's allies killed

Tempers flare near deadline for welfare in New York

Rising border traffic, more drugs

Now, the tough part of welfare reform

Monday, May 7
Job gains for the poor now at risk

Adoption apology too late for Indians

Pentagon plans major changes in U.S. strategy

Private social welfare initiative draws scrutiny

White House energy report stirs industry

Friday, May 4
Bill seeks universal health coverage for U.S. kids

School voucher advocates want 'right to choose'

Cardinals Keeler, Mahony speak out against McVeigh execution

Peace—and a promise for tolerance—at Penn State

U.S. launches anti-suicide plan

Thursday, May 3
Bush's school voucher plan is nixed

School-lunch program considered

Support for death penalty eases

Making a home for men with AIDS

Oregon governor offers plan for environment

Wednesday, May 2
New stock fund to invest according to Catholic values

As McVeigh's execution looms, death penalty opponents in a tough spot

Bush proposes missile defense shield

Governors offer new model of a green GOP

Sojourners' interview with John DiIulio

Tuesday, May 1
Crowded jails create crisis for prisons in Alabama

Undocumented immigrants rush for legal status

Homeownership can be short-lived in inner cities

Law student brings pharmaceutical giant to its knees over AIDS medication

Teen crimes go down, but more girls are going to jail

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