Thousands rally to ‘take back Chicago’ from wealthy
This is a city of polarizing contrasts: a gleaming downtown of corporate offices subsidized by taxpayers while working class neighborhoods are neglected.
Lawmakers scramble on government shutdown and debt ceiling deal
The solution, in any case, is only temporary with another showdown or shutdown possible again early next year.
"Let us work," say government workers
It's hurting our communities, said demonstrators in downtown Detroit protesting the tea party led government shutdown.
The tea party gang and the “F” word
The tea party is not your typical conservative group. They are as close to fascist as you can get away with today.
Immigrants strap themselves to wheels of deportation buses
The peaceful blockade succeeded in halting the day's proceedings where detainees were to have been hauled before a judge and sentenced as a group.
Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown
Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.
How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?
There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.
Growing college football player protest demands NCAA reforms
Though many college athletes live in poverty, a protest by National Collegiate Athletic Association football players is quietly spreading across the nation.
Dog poop and hipsters rated higher than GOP-run House
Voters surveyed also put hemorrhoids, toenail fungus, potholes, and zombies on the list of things they liked better than Congress.
More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C.
The protests show that immigration reform supporters are prepared to continue the battle until the House leadership puts the immigration bill up for a vote.
