Articles: Iraq, unions, women.

I found all of these fascinating, if for very different reasons:

Independent: Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control.

“A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which [...]

NPR: Women Training for Construction Post-Katrina.

This program in Mississippi seems pretty cool. Unemployed women train through a free, 7-week state program to gain the skills for entering construction trades. What struck me most, listening to the story on ME after waking up, is that it not only empowers women economically, it contests gender-labor boundaries. The rather comprehensive program includes money [...]