WWII's unsung vets: The WASPS - Minneapolis Star Tribune

WASHINGTON - Betty Strohfus, 90, has never liked having her feet on the ground. "As a kid, if I couldn't climb a tree, I'd sit on the roof," she said. So Strohfus couldn't pass up a chance to fly during World War II, when she came across a brochure ...

Unemployed, Uninsured, and... - Democratic Underground.com

Far from satisfied. To make a long story short, I live in Northern Maine, in a very isolated area where the jobs are few and we're losing far more than we're gaining - just like everywhere else in the Country, no doubt. I lived in California for four ...

Land Grabbing in Latin America - Common Dreams

Right now communities in Latin America, as around the world, are suffering a new kind of invasion of their territories. These invaders are not the descendants of the European conquistadores , who appropriated land, gathered slaves and plundered their ...