5 YOU NEED TO READ

William Fisher | Let's Hear It for the Voice of Democracy!
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050406R.shtml
William Fisher discusses Cheney's recent declaration that Russia is breaching
civil rights. "But what was President Bush thinking when he chose Vice President
Dick Cheney to go to Lithuania as the messenger? Could there be anyone less
credible on subjects like democratic reform and open government?" wrote Fisher.

Nixon, Wiretaps and Government Secrets
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050406T.shtml
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! interview John Dean and Daniel
Ellsberg, two figures who played central roles in the fall of President Richard
Nixon and the Watergate scandal of a generation ago.

Leslie Guttman | Los Angeles' Day Laborer Band
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050406LA.shtml
Los Jornaleros Del Norte, a Los Angeles band of day laborers, sings about life
on the other side, where to stand on a US street corner is to be invisible.

South Dakota's Abortion Revolt
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050406WA.shtml
The state's restrictive abortion ban has galvanized a major grassroots campaign
by citizens determined to overturn the law come election day.

US Mothers Deserve $134,121 in Salary
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050406WB.shtml
A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her
work, an amount similar to a top US ad executive, a marketing director or a
judge, according to a study released Wednesday.