5 FROM TRUTHOUT

Hurricane Could Turn City into Toxic Cesspool
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082905Q.shtml
Though Hurricane Katrina didn't deliver a direct hit on New Orleans Monday,
there still were fears that the storm could turn one of America's most charming
cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste and even
coffins released by floodwaters from the city's legendary cemeteries.


The New York Times | Destroying the National Parks
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082905EA.shtml
The New York Times editorializes against the Bush administration's rewrite of
national park management rules, saying "it essentially undermines the protected
status of the national parks."


Why Big Labor Hasn't Aided Striking Machinists
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082905LA.shtml
Northwest Airlines may hire its replacement workers permanently. If Northwest
succeeds in breaking the union, it could be a watershed in the history of the
American labor movement.


Revealed: How Bra Wars Devastate World's Poor
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082905LB.shtml
Imports of more than 80 million items of clothing are being blocked by hastily
imposed EU quotas designed to protect the continent from the recent deluge of
cheaper Chinese goods. Western demand for cut-price clothes is stimulating wage
reductions and worsening labor conditions across the world.


The Boston Globe | For Women and Children
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082905WA.shtml
Boston Globe editors support a bill introduced by New York Democrat Nita Lowey
that would provide aid to protect women and children from being raped, killed,
or forced into servitude as soldiers, domestics and sex slaves in foreign wars
and disasters.