Banks defeat Senate amendment to help struggling homeowners
Due to stiff opposition from the banking and mortgage industries, the Senate voted against passing (45-51) an amendment Thursday that would have given bankruptcy judges the ability to rework defaulted home mortgages on family homes to an affordable value.
Legalization is the X factor in immigrant rights
(WOMENSENEWS)- Thousands of activists are holding May Day demonstrations nationwide to highlight the rights and needs of the nation's more than 30 million immigrants, who now account for 1-in-8 people living in the United States.
KROMM REPORT: Will the Supreme Court kill the Voting Rights Act?
The case is Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 v. Holder -- shortened to NAMUDNO -- and represents the most serious challenge to the act to date, and has become a lightning rod for debate over the role of race and racism in U.S. politics today.
Eleven talking points on 21st century socialism
The current discussion around socialism in left and progressive circles in the U.S. needs to be placed in a more substantive arena. This is an effort to do so. I take note in advance of the criticism that the following eleven working hypotheses are rather dry and formal. But in light of the faux ‘socialisms’ bandied about in the headlines and sound bytes of the mass media in the wake of the financial crisis, especially the absurd claim in the media of rightwing populism that the Obama administration is Marxist and socialist, I felt something a little more rigorous might be helpful. Obviously, criticism and commentary is invited.
Equality advocates review Obamas first 100 days
The Compact for Racial Justice Forum held a conference call April 28 with leaders of national social justice groups who discussed the highs and lows of President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office.
American Idol concert tour starts in July
(Xinhua) The top 10 'American Idol' contestants know how they're spending their summer vacation: on a nationwide concert tour kicking off in July in Oregon. Tickets for the 50-city tour will go on sale May 9, tour organizers said.
Labor and business battle for soul of Southern Democrats
There's significant money and vocal expectations on both sides of the Employee Free Choice Act, for which North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan could be a critical vote. Labor unions contributed heavily to Hagan's successful bid last year to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Congress passes Obamas transformational budget
On the 100th day of the Obama administration, the U.S. House (233-193) and Senate (53-43) approved President Obama’s budget blueprint that rejects the failed economic policies of the Bush administration, makes a major down payment on comprehensive health care reform and signals significant investment in education, clean energy and green jobs.
Caucuses unite behind public health insurance option
WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented initiative, the leaders of four prominent groups in Congress — the Progressive Caucus, the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Caucus — have sent a joint letters to President Obama and the Democratic leadership of the House and Senate stressing that “our support for enacting legislation this year to guarantee affordable health care for all firmly hinges on the inclusion of a robust public health insurance plan like Medicare.”
Apple apologizes for Baby Shaker iPhone app
Parents whose children died or were permanently injured due to their babies being shaken protested outside an Apple store about an application called Baby Shaker.
