Rush Limbaugh ejected!
Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio talk show host known for his racially charged comments, has been removed from a potential group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.
Anger boils over health industry’s threat
Labor, its allies, elected officials and the White House itself are mobilizing in response to insurance company attacks on health care reform.
Cuban Five prisoner's sentence reduced
A Miami federal judge has reduced Cuban Five prisoner Antonio Guerrero's jail sentence from life to just under 22 years.
Capitol Hill demonstration demands immigration reform
“Reforma si, redadas no” (“reform yes, raids no”), and “for a just and human immigration reform” were some of the slogans chanted as thousands of immigrants’ rights activists poured onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
Civil rights leaders celebrate Rev. Joseph Lowery's 88th birthday
Thousands of Atlantans recently joined the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and a roll call of African American leaders including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Congressmen John Conyers and Walter Fauntroy to celebrate the 88th birthday of the Reverend Dr Joseph Lowery, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with Dr Martin Luther King.
‘Harvey Milk Day’ proclaimed in Calif.
The country’s first-ever day of recognition for an openly gay person has been signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with other rights and protections for gay and lesbian Californians.
Rush Limbaugh’s Rams bid opposed by hometown
American football players, civil rights activists and labor leaders say any attempt by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh to purchase the St. Louis Rams is unthinkable and would add insult to injury.
United Health Group declared a ‘crime scene’
As one of many reform rallies targetting insurance giants across the country, Connecticut Health Care for America Now declared United Health Group a 'crime scene.'
Senate committee passes health bill
After an eleventh hour push by health insurance lobbyists to derail reform by threatening to raise premiums if a reform bill passes, the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of a reform bill with a bipartisan majority.
EPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects
In another break with Bush administration policies, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate the health effects of one of the nation's most widely used weed-killers, atrazine.
