FROM the NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER

LOCAL ISSUES
Sanders participants won’t attend meetings by Christian Morrow Courier Staff Writer
After spending more than $147 million in 10 years to improve its public housing and twice asking a federal judge to be released from the dictates of the Sanders Decree. read more >>

EEOC sues Sears, alleges racial bias in firing
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Sears Roebuck & Co., alleging that the retailer illegally fired a store manager in New Jersey on the basis of race. read more >>


Needle exchange OK’d by health dept. by Christian Morrow Courier Staff Writer
Following a month of public hearings, the Allegheny County Board of Health has voted to continue a local needle exchange program. read more >>

Center City...On back burner. by Sonya M. Toler
As of this coming Saturday it will have been three years since America was attacked with commercial jets used as weapons in suicide missions by foreign terrorists. read more >>

Editorial...Protesting still mattersAIDS. Abortion rights. Ending the war in Iraq. Stop the genocide in Sudan. read more >>

GOP compassion: ‘Big pimpin’’ by Ron Walters
In the 2000 elections, Republicans tried to evoke a convention theme that projected them as the “compassionate” party. read more >>

Letter to Bill Clinton by George E. Curry
Dear President Clinton: I am deeply troubled by how my profession is easily manipulated as was evident last week when the GOP launched a withering attack on John Kerry. read more >>

College tuition getting higher (and harder) to pay by Judge Greg Mathis
Massive layoffs, a growing deficit and an illegitimate war are not the only legacy of George W. Bush’s time in office. read more >>

The Way I See It...Will the war ever end? by Joseph C. Phillips
How badly I wish we could all agree that John Kerry—along with two and a half million other American men and women—served this nation honorably in Viet Nam and then move on to more substantive issues. read more >>

The YWCA is committed to its Christian roots by Cecilia Griffin Golden
In the Aug. 25 edition of the New Pittsburgh Courier a commentary written by Roland S. Martin, editorial consultant for the Chicago Defender, focused on the YWCA USA, and questioned whether the organization had moved away from... read more >>

Write On...Letters To The Editor read more >>