New Florida election rules would disenfranchise many
In Florida, a state that only a few decades ago was officially segregated, some people think this possible disenfranchisement is no accident.
Oil CEOs to Congress: Don't blame us!
As public anger over high fuel prices and record oil company profits erupted across the nation, the major oil giants told lawmakers here that it's all beyond their control.
Baltimore students protest cuts
tudents at the Baltimore School for the Arts boycotted their classes May 13 to protest the layoff of teachers and other cutbacks forced by budget cuts in the city, state and nation.
People power takes over Wall Street
An outpouring of 10,000 New Yorkers swept into lower Manhattan on May 12 to demand that Wall Street and the big billionaires pay their fair share.
Students sit in at University of Washington
At least 25 students were arrested after occupying a campus administrative building in protest of the University of Washington's contract with Sodexo, a giant food service provider.
"We did it!" Nursing home workers win 13-month strike
The new three-year contracts, including raises and benefit improvements and a return to work with former positions and hours, were approved by an overwhelming vote of 189 to 6.
Nation's largest home builder asked to account for $900 million grant
In Michigan $900 million is missing and people want answers. Activists say PulteGroup Inc., the nations largest home builder, is to blame.
In business survey Texas “reigns supreme” but California makes “hall of shame,” again
Texans: Your much-maligned Lone Star State has been vindicated once again by none other than Chief Executive magazine.
Why is the Mississippi River flooding?
The right-wing National Review is rushing to instruct us that global warming has nothing to do with the record-breaking Mississippi River flood. Are they right?
Single-payer bill introduced in Congress
The U.S. is one of the few nations in the industrialized world that do not guarantee health care.
