Walmart worker explains why she shut down Park Ave.
"One week, after I paid rent, I only had $6 leftover for groceries and bills; that is no way to live."
Ebola fear, monitoring ease for some in Dallas
Officials said 43 of 48 people on an original watch list have passed the 21-day maximum incubation period for the viral disease and are now in the clear.
Peaceful Ferguson protests could spark new civil rights movement
What is now known as Ferguson October could go down in the history books as the spark that ignited the new civil rights movement.
Report exposes GOP governors ties to donors who get contracts
Electronic web-only for-profit schools that flunk national standards, corporate clients that don't create jobs they promise, all from the galloping privatization of public sector work.
Progressive mayors lead campaign to hike minimum wage
They also committed their cities to raise minimum wages, but said a national effort is needed.
GOP to America: “Be very, very afraid this Halloween!”
Republicans have adopted a Halloween-themed campaign strategy that they hope will incite voters to run screaming from Democrats.
Nurses: Ebola threat requires emergency presidential action
With concern escalating bout the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on Obama to "invoke his executive authority."
Nurses say U.S. hospitals not ready to tackle Ebola
As the Ebola crisis appears to grow more serious, some 4,000 nurses got on a national conference call sponsored by the NNU to discuss the response at their hospitals.
In wake of Ferguson, Baltimore examines police practices
Baltimore is among the many cities in the country examining its police performance in the wake of the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Judicial system and democratic rights at stake in 2014 elections
Basic democratic rights are at stake Nov. 4 if Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate and expand their domination of governorships and state houses.
