Alabama passes nation's most extreme anti-immigrant measure
Critics say the new law is worse than Arizona's SB 1070.
Exonerated political prisoner, Geronimo Pratt, dies in Tanzania
Geronimo Pratt, a former leader of the Black Panther Party falsely accused, then imprisoned for 27 years, died June 3 in Tanzania.
Facebook may recognize faces instead of privacy
Facebook recently took the liberty of changing its users' privacy settings in order to allow for its latest feature, facial recognition software.
Banquet speakers see politics behind Islamophobia
Corey Saylor, National Government Affairs Director, described CAIR as being at the forefront of the defense of civil liberties for all Americans.
At empty train depot, Detroiters demand jobs
DETROIT - They believe that if a negligent slumlord did what he was supposed to, the worst urban blight could be used to generate good jobs.
Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand
By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.
"Walkerville" tent city grows in Wisconsin
Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
