February 12, 2003

• 354 Cities to See Protest This Saturday
• U.S. Loathed by World, Says Top Bishop
• Critical Welfare Law Up for Public Debate
• Food-Poorer Countries Weapons-Richer
• Hunger and Homelessness Up in U.S. Cities
• Girls Flee Mutilation
• Fair Fish Trade
• Extras:
• Is the Drug War Worse than the Drugs?
• Oversimplification

January 10, 2003

• RELIEF GROUPS EXPECT WORST IN BAGHDAD
  By Vivienne Walt, USA Today
• IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY?
  A closer look at immigrant detentions
  From ABC News Nightline
• CHRISTIANITY ON THE RISE, SOME SAY
  It's mushrooming in the global South
  By Adam Housely, Fox News
• HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVER LIVED ON EARTH?
  By Carl Haub, Population Reference Bureau

January 3, 2003

• SAUDI AID TO DEVELOPING NATIONS TOTALS SR281 BILLION
  By M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News staff
• HUNDREDS OF SPECIES PRESSURED BY GLOBAL WARMING
  From Environmental News Service
• LORD GOD TO BREAK U.S. ARROGANCE
  By Alice Smith, US Prayer Center
• IF YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD
  By Dennis Prager, TownHall.com
• PLAN BY CONYERS AIDS WORKING POOR
  Federal money to boost training, housing in jointly sponsored bill
  By Greg Barrett, Gannett News Service
• FAITH GROUPS BEGIN TO EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY
  From Environmental News Service

January 2, 2003

• CYCLONE SWEEPS AWAY ISLAND HOMES
  Homes have disappeared into sand and sea
  From BBC News
• STARVATION IN ANGOLA, WARS IN CONGO AND COLOMBIA AMONG TOP 10 HUMANITARIAN STORIES UNDERREPORTED IN US IN 2002, AID GROUP SAYS
  By Malcolm Foster, Associated Press writer
• WHY VEGANS WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG
  Famine can only be avoided if the rich give up meat, fish and dairy
  By George Monbiot, The Guardian
• THE UNENDING SCANDAL OF WHYY (A PBS AFFILIATE)
  'Unpublic Broadcasting' at its worst, in Delaware/Pennsylvania
  From Green Delaware Alert #181
• NEWS ETHICS IN QUESTION WITH DEP FUNDING
  Agency bucks backed radio reports
  By Bob Warner, Philadelphia Daily News
• AGENCY UNDERWRITING SLANTS NEWS COVERAGE
  From PR Watch

December 27, 2002

• THE SUCKER TAX
  By R. Cort Kirkwood, Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia
• WHY NOT TRAIN ISRAELIS IN THE ART OF DE-COLONIZATION?
  By Khaled Al-Maeena, Arab News editor-in-chief
• OUR PRAYER FOR PHIL
  Philip Berrigan: October 5, 1923 - December 6, 2002
  By Robert M. Smith, Brandywine Peace Community staff coordinator
• FAMILIES IN BURKINA FASO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
  From CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
• AS JOBLESS BENEFITS RUN OUT, 'WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?'
  By Stephanie Armour, USA Today
• PROTESTING IS GOOD FOR YOU, SAY PSYCHOLOGISTS
  From the University of Sussex

December 18, 2002

• CHURCH SAYS 'WORSHIP' INCLUDES FEEDING NEEDY
  Authorities Disagree
  By Allie Martin, AgapePress
• STUDENT ACTIVISM MAKES A DIFFERENCE
  By Nate Johnson, SojoMail
• 138 YEARS AFTER SAND CREEK, 'OUR PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE'
  New Capitol plaque tells the true story of 1864 massacre
  By Deborah Frazier, Rocky Mountain News
• GERMAN NATIVE BRIDGES GAPS WITH CAMDEN CHURCH
  By Louise Harbach, Philadelphia Inquirer suburban staff

December 13, 2002

• THE KIDS NEXT DOOR
  Child prostitution trend grows right here at home
  By Geraldine Sealey, ABC News
• MIDEAST PLAN AIMS TO BRIDGE GAP
  Powell announces aid including scholarships for girls
  From CNN
• STINKING BREW IN SADDAM CITY
  Iraq waits for war
  By Hans-Christian Rößler, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• THANKSGIVING: A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING FOR INDIANS
  Part Two (of Two)
  THE SUPPRESSED SPEECH OF WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES, WAMPANOAG
  To have been delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts, September 10, 1970

November 27, 2002

• THANKSGIVING: A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING FOR INDIANS
  Part One (of Two)
  By Wamsutta Frank James, United American Indians of New England
• CONGRESS FAILS TO REACH DEAL FOR EXTENDING JOBLESS AID
  800,000 could face cutoff 3 days after Christmas
  By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Baltimore Sun national staff
• THANKSGIVING FOR IMMIGRANTS
  By Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine editor
• REFLECTIONS ON A POLITICAL RACE IN THE 180TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
  Part 2 (of 2)
  By Ernst Ford, former Pennsylvania assembly candidate, Green Party
• A THANKSGIVING MEDITATION
  By Harris Sussman
  November 18, 2001

November 20, 2002

• WHAT AIDS MEANS IN A FAMINE
  By Alex de Waal, New York Times
• COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION OWNERSHIP CONSOLIDATION SHOWN TO HARM ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC, SAYS F.M.C. STUDY
  Small number of gatekeepers dominate access to critical public resource
  From the Future of Music Coalition
• THE FISH STORY
  'No take' zones may be only way to allow fish stocks to regenerate
  From the New York Times
• THE NEED FOR NEW WEAPONS IN THE WAR ON POVERTY
  From Conservative Christian Fellowship
• POLYGAMY AND THE KORAN
  By Muhammed A. Asadi

November 19, 2002

• REPORT: U.S. IS UNCARING PLACE TO DIE
  From Reuters
• SYDNEY SUMMIT A STEP BACK FOR ACCESS TO MEDICINES, BUT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE STORY
  A joint press release from Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam
• WHAT HAPPENED IN QUITO
  The nitty gritty on recent FTAA talks
  By Timi Gerson, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
• 'THERE SHALL BE NO POOR AMONG YOU'
  A Bible study on Deuteronomy 15:4-15
  From Christian Aid

November 14, 2002

• RET Z. CONFRONTS CHRISTIAN TALK-SHOW HOST WITH QUESTION POSED BY BIN LADEN TAPE
  Transcription by Ret Z.
• TOWN SELECTMEN OPPOSE 'HOMELESS PROJECT' HOLIDAY PHOTO SHOW
  By Helen Gutekunst
• SURVEY FINDS STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POLICIES TO COUNTERACT EFFECTS OF RADIO CONSOLIDATION
  From the Future of Music Coalition
• HAUDENOSAUNEE ('IROQUOIS') NATIONS PUBLISH PRINICIPLES FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE
  From Oneidas For Democracy

November 13, 2002

• ACCESS TO MEDICINES TO DOMINATE AGENDA AT SYDNEY WTO MINISTERIAL
  Access for agricultural goods to be another key item on the agenda
  By Murray Griffin, International Trade Daily
• STUDY DETAILS LINK BETWEEN LEARNING, FAMILY INCOME
  Some programs help behavior, others learning
  From The Omaha Channel
• LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS
  At a Camden high school, dreams inspire students' success
  By Melanie Burney, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer
• AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
  A debate on Al-Jazeera's Opposite View program between Dr. Ibrahim Naji Alloush and Thomas Friedman
  From Free Arab Voice, translation and summary by Muhammad Abu Nasr

November 12, 2002

• KABUL CAMPUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT
  Students were protesting against poor living conditions at Kabul University
  From CNN
• ETHIOPIAN FAMINE 'WILL BE AVERTED'
  British minister says sub-Saharan food shortages are much more worrying
  From BBC News Africa
• TWO RIVER CITIES SHARE IN DREAM, NOT RESULTS
  Part two of a five-part series, 'The Lost Waterfront: Steps to reclaim Penn's Landing'
  By Joseph A. Gambardello, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer
• ETHNIC MEDIA SECTOR IS GROWING
  Others standing still
  By Terence Smith, a NewsHour with Jim Lehrer transcript
• FISH CATCH LEVELING OFF
  Some scientists say world catch since 1988 has been declining
  By Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute

November 11, 2002

• CORRUPTION TAINTS ELECTION IN POOR NEIGHBORHOOD
  Life-Net Radio star blows whistle in letter to Pennsylvania attorney general
  By Ernst Ford
• MASSIVE FAMINE STALKS ETHIOPIA
  Prime minister calls it 'too ghastly to contemplate'
  From BBC News
• AFGHAN STUDENTS FIND HOPE IN NEW SCHOOL DESKS AND CHAIRS
  From CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
• U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE NOTIFIES CONGRESS ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO INITIATE FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN NATIONS
  From the U.S. Trade Representative

November 8, 2002

• A BREAKTHROUGH
  After Weeks of Wrangling, U.N. Unanimously OKs Iraq Resolution
  By the Associated Press
• GREEN PARTY IS NOT EXACTLY FEELING BLUE
  It and other minor parties experience unusual success
  By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau
• HOW DID WE SURVIVE?
  A generational perspective
  From fsfranni@pacifier.com via NewHampshireHomeless

November 7, 2002

• ZAMBIA 'FURIOUS' OVER GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
  Some 14 million people face famine across the region
  By Martin Plaut, BBC, London
• WILDFIRES BLAMED FOR GREENHOUSE GAS RISE
  Billions of tons of carbon is released by wildfires
  From BBC News: Science/Nature
• PINE STREET INN CUTS DAYTIME SERVICES
  Drop in aid cited by shelter officials
  By David Abel, Boston Globe staff
• OWNING UP: POVERTY, ASSETS, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
  New book shifts focus from income to net worth
  From Brookings Press, a book by Michelle Miller-Adams

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