NY Progressive Caucus demands: Tax the rich
NEW YORK - As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget axe chops at public workers and services, a large section of the City Council wants another solution: tax the rich.
Carolina NAACP head calls for civil disobedience to protest “resegregation”
RALEIGH, N.C. - William Barber II, state NAACP chairman, this week called for mass civil disobedience July 20 to protest moves to "resegregate" public education in Wake County.
Death row inmate Troy Davis hearing set for Wednesday
Troy Davis, an African American inmate held on Georgia's death row for nearly two decades, will have chance to win his freedom Wednesday.
20,000 march in Detroit as Social Forum opens
DETROIT - Opening the U.S. Social Forum here, 20,000 from around the nation, a multi-ethnic rainbow of young and old, marched Tuesday calling for jobs and social justice.
Freedom Caravan arrives in Detroit
A 1,000-strong People's Freedom Caravan arrived today in time to participate in the opening of the U.S. Social Forum, a gathering of thousands of progressive and left social and political activists.
Sacramento votes to boycott Arizona
California's capital city last week joined a growing movement to boycott Arizona until its anti-immigrant law SB 1070 is repealed.
Black and Latino home losses continue to mount
With close to 6 million homes at risk of being seized by banks, the foreclosure crisis continues to deepen, with the greatest risk to homeowners of color, a new study finds.
Revisiting Manzanar
This spring I joined a pilgrimage to the place where I was incarcerated with my family and thousands of others almost 70 years ago, and wondered: could it happen again?
Sorry, Mr. Hayward, Joe Barton stole limelight from your dismal performance
The firestorm over Barton's defense of BP drew attention away from the dismal performance by BP's CEO Tony Hayward at the Congressional hearing yesterday.
Millions at risk of being left behind in rising college economy
A new study released this week finds that as the economy struggles to recover, and jobs slowly return, there will be a growing disconnect between the types of jobs employers need to fill and number of Americans who have the education and training to fill those jobs.
