Friday, May 9, 2003

• Protests Mark 30th Anniversary of New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws

  
  
  

  Hip hop legend Russell Simons & the Rev. Al Sharpton call for repeal of the laws outside Gov. Pataki’s office.

• The Unborn Victims of Violence Act: Is it to Protect Mothers or Undermine Roe v. Wade?

  
  
  

  On Wednesday, Congressional Republicans introduced the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" that would make it a crime to kill or injure a fetus.

• Children Read Mother’s Day Cards to Incarcerated Mothers

  
  

  Two million children in the US now have a parent in jail. Today we’ll hear children reading their Mother’s Day Cards to their moms in prison and hold a roundtable discussion on the plight of incarcerated mothers.

• Mother’s Day as a Day of Activism, Resistance and Women’s Solidarity

  
  
  

  in the spirit of suffragist Julia Ward Howe women across the country organize Mother’s Day rallies, actions and celebrations.

• Cop Takes Midnight Photos of Pacifist Teacher’s Classroom

  
  
  

  Vermont teacher Tom Treece talks about why a local police officer snuck into his classroom at 1:30 a.m. to take photographs.

• Bush May Invoke Executive Privilege to Keep 9/11 Docs Away From Congressional Investigators

  
  
  

  Democracy Now! talks to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House.

• Wounded Knee II, 30 Years Later

  
  
  

  American Indian Movement ended its occupation of the village of Wounded Knee in May, 1973, but U.S. government land grabs continue today.