Report refutes Emanuel's austerity agenda for Chicago
Proposals for getting Chicago's finances back on track without unconstitutional grabs at retiree pensions, cuts to vital services, and toxic bank fees.
Jobs Not Jails campaign wins victory in Oakland
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors decision increases funding for community-based programs helping people when they return home.
Today in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
So-called "balanced budget" shows the GOP has money to kill
The opposite of win-win, the Republican budgets are kill-kill.
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia campaigns in Los Angeles for support
Chuy asked the people in LA to join him in making history with this groundbreaking campaign.
Today in history: First openly gay candidate runs for Congress
Frank Kameny ran for U.S. Congress on this date in 1971, albeit for a non-voting seat representing the District of Columbia.
Calls grow for investigation into Chicago's Homan Sq. 'Gestapo tactics'
Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
This day in history: The Great American Meatout
The day promotes a meat-free diet to improve health, protect the environment, and save animals.
Today in women’s history: Edith Nourse Rogers born, sponsored G.I. Bill
Once upon a time there existed moderate, even in certain ways progressive Republicans.
Chuy, mayoral candidate in Chicago, ‘educates’ Rahm
Emanuel "took money from these schools and gave it to elite private schools founded by big campaign contributors," Garcia charges.
