People aren’t buying what NATO is selling
Right off the bat, the war in Afghanistan and U.S. military spending are two of the biggest items people are rejecting.
NATO-week protesters demand end to deportations
CHICAGO - In the lead up to anti-NATO protests, immigrant rights activists marched on the Immigration Court here May 15 to demand a halt to detentions and deportations of undocumented immigrants and their families.
EPA appeals coal mining ruling
A federal judge ruled in March that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally vetoed a large West Virginia coal-mining project.
Chase execs can't help losing $20 billion
Chase spent $10 million lobbying this year to weaken regulations that would have prevented the $20 billion debacle. The loss underlines the need, of course, for stronger financial regulations
Proposed bill would end fossil fuel subsidies
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. announced they would introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act to Congress.
In California, double the cuts, double the misery
More misery loomed for Californians May 14 as Governor Jerry Brown delivered a revised 2012-13 budget projection doubling the already-deep cuts he called for in January.
Immigrants protest harsh deportation policy
Immigrant workers and their families from across northern Ohio rallied May 11 to protest rising deportations of parents of U.S. citizen children.
Taxi! Taxi! Cabbies form unlikely union
If you ask a cab driver, there's a good chance he or she will tell you, "I'm a member of the National Taxi Workers Alliance."
Irrigation Festival crowd greets Obama marchers
Members of Clallam County for Obama marched in the 117th Irrigation Festival parade, May 12, carrying their banner and chanting "Four More Years!"
Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects
Now, concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale have skyrocketed, in light of a recent scientific study.
