Video: The Windy City protests federal housing cuts
On Friday close to one thousand Chicagoans turned out at the Illinois State Office Building hopping mad about planned federal budget cuts proposed for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development).
GOP budget would close Social Security offices
If Republicans have their way with the federal budget it would close Social Security offices across the country.
Philly students, teachers assail top-down school “reform”
A spirited rally by 500 parents, students, teachers and others Feb. 25 protested decisions the district is imposing in the name of "school reform."
Dallas demonstrates for Wisconsin
Speakers urged the crowd to do everything possible to overcome the crisis in Wisconsin and at home.
Nationwide actions urge full funding for Head Start
Among $61 billion in draconian cuts in the federal spending bill the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed last week is $1.1 billion in funding for Head Start, a cut of 22 percent.
Conn. gov joins in "We are one with the workers of Wisconsin"
"I am proud to stand with you and the workers of Wisconsin," Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy told hundreda at a Hartford rally Tuesday.
Missouri Republicans work to dismantle non-discrimination act
A video put together by the Missouri Employee and Human Rights Coalition provides compelling testimony about the importance of protecting the state's non-discrimination law.
Obama makes historic move on same-sex marriage rights
A federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional says the Obama administration, which has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending it in courts nationwide.
Rahm Emanuel elected Chicago mayor, voters say ho-hum
CHICAGO -- The only surprises in the Feb. 22 mayor's race were how quickly Rahm Emanuel's victory came in and the low voter turnout in the first mayor's race in decades that didn't have a Daley on the ballot.
Fort Mose: early marker in African American freedom movement
The fight for African American freedom reaches back hundreds of years, even before the arrival of the British.
