GOP launches attack on Democratic voter registration; Jim Wallis writes
about
"Obama's faith-based plan"; Joint Chiefs chairman says Iraq war
responsible
for insufficient troop levels in Afghanistan; World Bank to fund
clean-energy
initiatives in developing nations; accelerated job loss forecast into next
year; Parul Sharma writes about India's culture of rape; Congressional
Black
Caucus calls for tighter regulation on menthol cigarettes; Connecticut
attorney general threatens lawsuit against VA for banning voter
registration;
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Republican Campaign Against Likely Democratic Voters Begins
http://www.truthout.org/article/republican-campaign-against-likely-democratic-voters-begins
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, writes: "Across the country and on the
Republican
National Committee web site, a handful of GOP officeholders and party
officers
are trying to discredit recent voter registration drives and
record-setting
turnout by Democrats in 2008 primaries, saying efforts seen as benefiting
Democrats are rife with 'voter fraud.'"
Jim Wallis | Obama's Faith-Based Plan
http://www.truthout.org/article/obamas-faith-based-plan
Writing for Sojourners, Jim Wallis says, "I have hoped that both
presidential
candidates would recommit the nation to this necessary and positive vision
of
partner****p between the public sector and the faith community on the goals
of
poverty reduction. Today, Barack Obama outlined his plan to engage
faith-based
and community organizations from the White House in order to create "the
foundation of a new project of American renewal."
Chairman of Joint Chiefs Says More Troops Needed in Afghanistan
http://www.truthout.org/article/chairman-joint-chiefs-says-more-troops-needed-afghanistan
Josh White of The Wa****ngton Post re****ts: "The nation's top military
officer
said today that more US troops are needed in Afghanistan to help tamp down
an
increasingly violent insurgency but [he] does not have sufficient forces
to
send because of the war in Iraq."
World Bank Approves Climate Funds Before G8 Summit
http://www.truthout.org/article/world-bank-approves-climate-funds-before-g8-summit
Lesley Wroughton of Reuters re****ts: "The World Bank on Tuesday agreed to
establish two investment funds to help developing economies switch to
clean-energy technologies to curb carbon emissions and help poor countries
adapt to climate change."
Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into 2009
http://www.truthout.org/article/deepening-cycle-job-loss-seen-lasting-into-2009
Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times, writes: "As automakers dropped their
latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing
the
gloom spreading across the economy, the troubles confronting American
workers
seemed to intensify."
Parul Sharma | Understanding Rape in India
http://www.truthout.org/article/understanding-rape-india
In The Women's International Perspective, Parul Sharma says, "Social and
psychological discrimination appeared in an Indian courtroom on April 3,
2005,
when minutes before sentencing was due, a convicted rapist offered his
victim
a marriage proposal. The man, who said he was offering to marry the woman
because the stigma of rape in India meant no one else would, was convicted
of
raping and seriously injuring a 22-year-old nurse in September 2003 at the
hospital where they both worked. The survivor was asked in court whether
she
would accept the proposal from her attacker, who had hoped it might lower
his
sentence. The judge postponed sentencing until the next day, when the rape
victim told the court she had rejected his petition.
Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes
http://www.truthout.org/article/black-lawmakers-seek-restrictions-menthol-cigarettes
Stephanie Saul, The New York Times, re****ts: "The Congressional Black
Caucus
is calling for changes to a House tobacco-regulation bill, demanding that
the
legislation place restrictions on menthol cigarettes, the type heavily
favored
by African-American smokers."
State Officials Protest Ban on Voter Registration at VA Facilities
http://www.truthout.org/article/state-officials-protest-ban-voter-registration-va-facilities
Mary E. O'Leary of The New Haven Register says that "state Attorney
General
Richard Blumenthal Monday registered Onieal and a handful of other VA
patients, and threatened a lawsuit if they couldn't come back to
demonstrate
how the new voting machines work."
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