New Hampshire retirees blast Sen. Ayotte’s voting record
The voting record of Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte has drawn the ire of New Hampshire retirees.
Feb. 14 marches for missing Native women unite action with compassion
In March 2010, the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) created a database of information they gathered covering 582 cases of missing and murder native women and girls.
Keystone XL pipeline and the jobs controversy
XL backers' arguments that the project is a jobs provider are being disputed. Many, including some labor activists, feel that the pipeline issue does not need to be divisive, and that they share the same underlying interests.
Today in black history: "Jail-No-Bail" campaign began in S.C.
SNCC leaders staged a Jail-No-Bail sit-in in solidarity with the imprisoned CORE activists. The sit-in re-energized the movement in Rock Hill, SC.
Official unemployment rate drops to 6.6 percent
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive economic think tank, issued a statement that was positive in tone and substance about some aspects of the Labor Department's report but negative about others.
Oklahoma TV station comes under fire for anti-immigrant slur
Members of Dream Act Oklahoma, which has been raising awareness about how undocumented workers contribute to Oklahoma, blasted KOTV for its discriminatory report
Asian Pacific rights group elects first openly gay chair
Each community has a stake in immigration reform, he said, from family reunification to visa programs. "We as a coalition have been finding ways to raise our voices."
Republicans issue sketchy immigration tenets
The Republican principles give some things to the immigrant community but also impose severe new repressive measures.
Day Laborers demand an end to deportations
NDLON says current deportations, now approaching 2 million, run counter to U.S. history, have broken up at least 100,000 families, and damage the U.S. economy.
Pete Seeger's green activism in New York and New Jersey
Seeger did much for New Jersey, taking a stand against ocean dumping . And he thought that a graceful boat would draw people to their forgotten riverfronts and imagine a different future for the Hudson River
