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Reports on the efforts of the residents of Woburn, Massachusetts in filing a case against industrial tanneries for dumping hazardous chemicals on underground water. Information on the tanning industry in the area; Description of the pollution-related deaths in the town; Comment on various difficulties in gathering evidence against the tanneries; Implications of this case for toxic tort litigation.

Focuses on Cesar Chavez, founder and leader of the United Farm Workers of America. Provisions of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 for farm workers in California; Changes made by Governor George Deukmejian to the farm labor panel; Reasons of Chavez for dismissing Salinas dissidents from their jobs; Information on a life-style adopted by Chavez's family, associates and union officials at the UFW headquarters in the Tehachapi Mountains.

Discusses the defeat of the immigration reform bill introduced by Senator Alan K. Simpson in the U.S. Congress. Provisions of the bill; Names of the Legislators supporting the immigration reform bill; Reason why the bill has been repeatedly defeated in the Congress; Discussion of Hispanic politicians' efforts to stop the immigration reform.

Criticizes the U.S. periodical "Conservative Digest," a journal of right-wing political wisdom. Sale of the journal to Colorado businessman William R. Kennedy; Decision of Kennedy to imitate "Reader's Digest," that largest-circulation magazine in the U.S.; Discussion on specific features lifted from the magazine; Fact that the format of Digest reflects a more fundamental component of Kennedy's campaign to attract new readers.