January 2001 Archive
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
- Headlines for January 31, 2001
- Witness to An Execution
- Governor Ryan Speaks Out On the Death Penalty
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
- Headlines for January 30, 2001
- Bush’s Plan to Funnel Millions in Tax Dollars to Religious Institutions
- Political Prisoner Linda Evans Granted Clemency
Monday, January 29, 2001
- Headlines for January 29, 2001
- Hundreds Demonstrate in Davos and Zurich, Defying Police
- Press Censorship Around the World
- El Salvador Earthquake
Friday, January 26, 2001
- Headlines for January 26, 2001
- Davos V. Brazil, From the Summits to the Streets: Ceos, Political Leaders, Social Justiceactivists On Globalization
- West Nile Spraying: More Harm Than Good?
Thursday, January 25, 2001
- Headlines for January 25, 2001
- WTO to Meet in Protest-Proof Venue
- Christopher Hitchens Makes the Case Charging Henry Kissinger with War Crimes
Wednesday, January 24, 2001
- Headlines for January 24, 2001
- UN War Crimes Prosecutor Walks Out On Yugoslav President
- Bush and Democrats Propose Education Reform
- Firings and Beating at Mexican Factory That Makes Nike and Reebok
- Bio-Engineered Mouse Virus Takes US Closer to the Ultimate Accident Or Bioweapon
Tuesday, January 23, 2001
- Headlines for January 23, 2001
- Bush Comes Out Swinging at Abortion
- Clinton Commutes First Federal Death Row Inmate’s Sentence to Life in Prison
- An Exclusive Interview with Susan Rosenberg After President Clinton Granted Her Executiveclemency
Monday, January 22, 2001
Friday, January 19, 2001
- Headlines for January 19, 2001
- Ashcroft Confirmation Hearings Continue
- Thousands Expected to Protest Bush Inauguration
- Bill Clinton Says Farewell to the Nation
Thursday, January 18, 2001
- Headlines for January 18, 2001
- Ashcroft Confirmation Hearings
- The Quality Housing Act: Bringing Forced Labor Home
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
- Headlines for January 17, 2001
- Kennedy Questions Ashcroft, and Protesters Disrupt Confirmation Hearings
- Congolese Leader Laurent Kabila Reportedly Shot Dead
- Ten Years After: A Look at Sanctions On Iraq
- Iraq, Depleted Uranium Contaminated with Deadly Plutonium
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
- Headlines for January 16, 2001
- Ashcroft Thwarted Voter Registration in Largely African American Area
- Norton Nomination Meets Opposition
- The Lead Industry, Its Trail of Poison and Its Ties to Gale Norton
Monday, January 15, 2001
- Headlines for January 15, 2001
- Cuban Medical Scholarships to Help Disadvantaged Neighbor to the North
- Ny Court Rules to End Racial and Economic Injustice in Public Education
- Putting the Race in Election Races: Voter Disenfranchisement From the Segregationist 60’s Totoday
- "But If Not" Speech By Martin Luther King
Friday, January 12, 2001
- Headlines for January 12, 2001
- Lawyers File a Last Minute Plea for Federal Clemency
- Danny Glover, Robert Moses and David Dennis Talk About the "Algebra Project"
- Aid Worker Kidnapped in Chechnya
- Tens of Thousands of Victims Strip Searched in New York Jails Win $50 Million Suit
Thursday, January 11, 2001
- Headlines for January 11, 2001
- Inaugural Protesters Charge That Police Security Is Chilling Free Speech
- Why Everyone Doesn’t Love Education Secretary-Nominee Rod Paige
- Speech By Ralph Neas, President of "People for the American Way" On the Nomination of John Ashcroft.
- Israeli Campaign of Political Assassinations Sparks Petition to High Court
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
- Headlines for January 10, 2001
- Chavez Withdraws After Violating Anti-Immigrant Laws She Supported
- Depleted Uranium Becomes a Radioactive Issue—at Least in Europe
- High Profits, Threats of Bankruptcy in California Power Crisis
Tuesday, January 09, 2001
- Headlines for January 09, 2001
- Oklahoma to Execute First of Eight This Month
- Chavez Criticized for Anti-Labor Stands and, Along with Christi Whitman, for Possibly Hiring An Undocumented Immigrant
- Black Caucus Walks Out On Bush Certification
- Labor Leader Questions Chavez’s Qualifications for Secretary of Labor
- Reporter Who Witnessed Pine Ridge Shoot Out Calls for Presidential Clemency
Monday, January 08, 2001
- Headlines for January 08, 2001
- Activists Mobilize to Oppose Ashcroft for Attorney General
- Inaugur-Auction: A New Direction for Protest
- Reporter Who Witnessed Pine Ridge Shoot Out Calls for Presidential Clemency
Friday, January 05, 2001
- Headlines for January 05, 2001
- Tentative Agreement Reached in Seattle Newspaper Strike
- New York Gov. George Pataki Urges Reform of Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug Czar Gen. Mccaffreycontinues the War On Drugs
- Poor Medical Treatment in Prison Implicated in Deaths
- Shift in Intelligence Agency Turf Worries Critics
Thursday, January 04, 2001
- Headlines for January 04, 2001
- Depleted Uranium Used in NATO Bombing of the Balkans Linked to Soldiers’ Deaths in Europe
- Cytotec: Useful Medical Tool Or Deadly Risk to Pregnant Women?
- The Israeli-Palestine Conflict: War, Pr War, and Peace Prospects
Wednesday, January 03, 2001
- Headlines for January 03, 2001
- Bush Finishes Nominations to "Conservative-to-the-Core" Cabinet
- Returning the Favor: Bush Appoints Big-Money Donors to His Advisory Teams
- The Peace Process and the Israeli Peace Movement
Tuesday, January 02, 2001
- Headlines for January 02, 2001
- Clinton Authorizes U.S. to Sign International War Crimes Tribunal Treaty, But Senate Ratification Unlikely
- A Court Overturns the Murder Conviction of Award-Winning Prison Writer Wilbert Rideau; "Tossing Away the Keys", a Documentary About Lifers at Angola Prison in Louisiana
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


