White House considering more economic stimulus
In the face of the bad news about unemployment rising to 9.6 percent from last month's rate of 9.5 percent there are reports that the White House is considering an emergency economic stimulus.
Coalition fights racial profiling in Virginia
Latino are s mounting a last ditch effort to stop Virginia and the federal Department of Homeland Security from setting up a program which could seriously increase racial profiling.
Another oil rig explodes
Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.
Budget impasse hurts millions of Californians
Programs affecting millions of Californians face a double-whammy: delays in funding, and uncertainty about what funding they will ultimately receive.
ACLU sues Obama to stop U.S. hit lists
President Obama, CIA chief Leon Panetta and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Five years after Katrina, it’s “win or die”
The human-made disaster that preceded the storm and got worse afterward continues.
Ted Strickland blasts GOP “monkey business” opponent
Blasting his GOP opponent as someone who "only cares about Wall St.," the Ohio governor rallied labor supporters to mobilize for the November elections.
Calls for new stimulus as 1 in 6 rely on anti-poverty aid
As government figures show anti-poverty programs are serving a record one in six Americans, demands for a second stimulus are heating up.
Progressive Caucus tells deficit panel: “Take Social Security off the table”
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have told the two co-chairs of President Obama's deficit-cutting commission to "take Social Security off the table."
Protesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
