Texas Dems prepare for November election
Approximately 5,000 Texans attended the Democratic Party State Convention June 25-26 in Corpus Christi.
Disabled protest Calif. budget cuts
For the second time in five weeks, dozens of men and women with disabilities and their caregivers camped out for days on a grassy traffic island here last week, protesting Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to slash funding.
White House announces plan to end homelessness
A dramatic new plan to end homelessness within a decade was announced by the Obama administration this week.
You can change the world: young people today
Today's younger generation is playing a tremendous role in advancing the struggle for peace, democratic rights; economies and social justice.
Tale of two cities: Toronto and Detroit
DETROIT - Twenty thousand people attending the second U.S. Social Forum here this week have staged a peaceful takeover of a city in crisis.
Big Coal: damaging communities from Appalachia to Colombia
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth presented "The Struggle for Justice in the Coalfields of Central Appalachia and Colombia" at the U.S. Social Forum.
Supreme Court ruling seen as threat to Bill of Rights
A Supreme Court ruling may threaten rights of speech and association that had been considered firm since the failed McCarthy-era prosecution of Communist Party members.
Texas poor say “No more!”
DALLAS -- Local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Dallas Peace Center and others called a "Poor People's Rally" outside City Hall here, June 23.
GOP says no to jobless benefits, groups plan D.C. march
How do you trim a bill to provide unemployment benefits to laid-off workers in the millionaires' club of the U.S. Senate?
America Speaks back: Derailing the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare
Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities across the country. They will ask the people at these meetings, a cross section of the nation, to come up with proposals for dealing with the country's projected long-term budget deficit.
