Protests slam closing of Dallas main post office
Union members and North Texas Jobs with Justice rallied outside the Dallas main post office the morning of Nov. 7. Response from post office customers and thousands of passers-by on Highway 30 was generous and positive.
Congress eyeing backdoor route to slashing benefits
Republicans and Democrats inclined to go along with the slashers are reportedly considering adoption of a new formula that would allow progressively larger reductions in Social Security and other benefits.
12,000 ring White House to protest tar sands pipeline
An estimated 12,000 tar sands protesters encircled the White House, Nov. 6, chanting, "Stop the pipeline, stop the greed, and give the people what they need."
Occupy Tucson has new home
Activists believe the Occupy Tucson movement, with it's new and improved downtown location, is growing and has gotten its second wind.
Thousands of women in North Carolina victims of sterilization
Over 7,600 women in the state of North Carolina alone were victims of forced sterilization according to recent news reports.
Youth march calls for jobs and end to violence
The young people, mainly high school students who organized the event, marched in front, holding pictures of the 29 youth in New Haven killed by violence this year.
Comcast arrests spotlight Occupy issues: fairness vs. big biz
Nine Occupy Wall Street activists held a sit-in and were arrested at the Comcast Center in downtown Philadelphia urging the giant cable company to pay its fair share.
What happens to children after parents are detained and deported?
You're put in a detention center hundreds of miles away with absolutely no right to see your kids for months, sometimes years.
Economy adds paltry 80,000 jobs, official jobless rate 9 percent
Just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. economy in October and the official unemployment rate was 9 percent, almost unchanged from September.
Border Occupy movement: deadlines, police violence, solidarity
Police visited the site of the Occupation in the city's central San Jacinto Plaza and warned occupiers to vacate.
