Students demand: No layoffs, no tuition hikes, pass Obama budget
College students are visiting the home offices of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives during spring recess this week to demand support for President Obama’s student financial aid package which would add many billions in financial aid for low and middle-income students.
Plan early for a healthy pregnancy
Planning for a new baby can be an exciting task for most parents-to-be. Many pregnant women anticipate how the baby will affect the family dynamic or the best ways to save for college tuition. But did you know that some of the most important details for ensuring a healthy baby can be planned even before you get pregnant?
Single payer, universal health care gains following in Maine
Maine residents tired of health care that’s not there and angry at waste and profiteering are finding cause for hope. Evidence for that is seen in the growing numbers engaged in organizing a rally for health care for all, set for May 30 for the state house lawn in Augusta.
Simpsons stamps coming with rate hike to 44 cents, doh!
Homer Simpson may have had trouble getting Mr. Burns’ letter after he told the postal worker Mr. Burns’ first name was “I don’t know,” but that didn’t stop the U.S. Postal Service from putting America’s best-loved animated family on their new first-class stamp.
Keep families together wrenching testimony highlights call for immigration reform
DETROIT — In a crowded church sanctuary, Rep Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) brought his immigration reform “Family Unity” listening tour to this city, the 14th stop in a 20-city tour sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Rising unemployment hits minorities hard, could affect health care coverage too
Since the great majority of Americans with health insurance have coverage through their employers, health care experts think rising unemployment will lead to more uninsured people. A 2008 Kaiser Family Foundation study found that for each percentage point the unemployment rate rises, an additional 1.1 million people are uninsured.
Bulgarian steel workers rally grows into national protests
Teachers and doctors say they will join the persistent protests of Kremikovtzi steel mill workers, driven to despair by the economic situation in the country.
States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration
(Project Vote) The rising levels of voter participation among the nation’s youth continue to be challenged by the current voter registration system, perpetuating the difficulty of fostering lifelong voters. Some states are proposing to take this challenge into their own hands by making voter registration accessible to citizens as young as 16. Already widely accessible at schools and departments of motor vehicles, the move would allow future voters in some states to automatically be enrolled on the voter rolls on their 18th birthdays.
Congress urged to exempt bookstore records from Patriot Act
On April 7, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center sent a memo urging Congress to exempt bookstores and library records from Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.
Bandana Project protests sexual violence against women farmworkers
CHICAGO — Farmworker and women’s rights groups came together here April 8, to protest sexual violence against farmworker women and other low-wage female immigrant workers in the U.S.
