Outrage mounts over Judge Feldman's conflict of interest
Calls for the impeachment of Federal Judge Martin Feldman are growing louder as outrage mounts over his June 22 decision to overturn President Obama's moratorium on deep-ocean oil well drilling.
Prime time with the king — LeBron James
And the decision is in ... basketball star LeBron James will announce his much anticipated decision about where he will play, live on ESPN Thursday night.
Women’s movement energized at national meet
BOSTON - National Organization for Women President Terry O'Neill challenged feminist activists to block new attacks on Social Security and abortion rights, and elect women who will fight for women.
“Time to tax the rich!” Bill Gates and other patriots say
Patriot Marion Melissa Burns marched on July 4th with this message, ""Bill Gates Sr. is right! He and his son should pay higher taxes. Vote yes on I-1098 in November. Tax the rich."
Cover-ups and 'cost-savings' ooze from BP records
Louisiana union leaders, environmentalists and others are saying that the disparity between what BP told government regulators in March and what it has actually been able to do results from a willfully misleading manipulation of numbers by the company.
EPA to toughen air pollution standards
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it would seek to dramatically cut air pollution in 31 eastern states and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
Lawmakers move to lift statute of limitations on police torture
CHICAGO - Just days after the conviction of former police Commander Jon Burge here, Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., introduced a bill that would make police torture of suspects a crime against humanity and a federal crime with no statute of limitations.
Quick action on financial reform urged
WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union allies, led by the Americans for Financial Reform, urged lawmakers to quickly approve the comprehensive Wall Street reform bill that congressional negotiators produced in late June.
Jobs stats prompt demand for action
DALLAS - North Texas Jobs with Justice initiated a news conference on July 2 as the regular first-Friday unemployment statistics were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cuba travel bill takes flight
Congress could be on the verge of ending the U.S government's ban on travel by its citizens to Cuba.
