Oakland mayor, residents discuss priorities
The gathering was the latest in a series of actions Quan has initiated as part of her goal to be a "people's mayor."
Taking care of dad in the tea party’s America
When I stopped into a local fast food restaurant after church, the woman behind the counter explained with tears in her eyes why she had to bring her father to work with her.
Flush with taxpayer cash, for-profit schools seek to quash oversight
WARNING: Career schools may be hazardous to your financial and educational health.
Anti-segregation march planned for Raleigh
Quality education is seen by the organizers as linked to other issues, with the groups calling for "a broad, 14-point people's agenda."
Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
Economists paint bleak picture of Great Recession aftermath
A total of one out of every six workers are un- or underemployed.
Anti-immigrant laws are problem, not solution, study shows
A new study shows that "enforcement only" strategies are likely to cause large scale suffering and disruption rather than solve the undocumented immigration problem.
Obama turns up the heat on big business
The president's speech to the Chamber of Commerce Feb. 7 was much more than the "thaw with business leaders."
Facing benefit cutoff, jobless "99ers" organize
Activists note official unemployment in Connecticut has more than doubled to about 170,000 since 2007, with no sign of improvement. It's a crisis for the entire state and demands emergency attention, they say.
Why so little reporting on Spokane bomb threat?
There is a well-documented history of the corporate media playing down domestic terrorism threats “that don’t involve Arab or Muslim” alleged conspirators.
