‘Focus on jobs, jobs and more jobs’
Congress and the president must take swift and bold steps to stop the jobs crisis in this country, a coalition of labor and civil rights organizations told reporters on a conference call Feb. 19th.
Recovery Act success stimulates the push for job creation
Reports released this week show that Republican claims that the stimulus was a failure are dead wrong.
Death knell for don't ask, don't tell
More and more Americans have come to believe that gay, lesbian and bisexual people should be able to serve openly in the military without punishment.
White House launches new agency to advance climate change action
The Obama administration is establishing a new federal Climate Service to suppport national, state and local action on climate change, officials announced last week.
N.Y. progressives begin to line up behind Gillibrand
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., appointed to fill the seat vacated by now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has already picked up a spate of endorsements.
Latino children suffer most in foreclosure crisis, report says
Latino children and families who lost their homes due to foreclosure suffer long-term psychological and social trauma, according to a new report.
Health public option springs back to life
A group of influential Democratic senators called yesterday on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include the public option in the reconciliation process on health care reform.
Undocumented drivers' cars seized at 'sobriety' checkpoints
Police operating motorist sobriety checkpoints in California are impounding cars of unlicensed drivers at a far higher rate than they're arresting drunks behind the wheel, says a new report.
Action for health care grows
Dozens of marches, rallies and vigils are taking place during the week-long recess demanding that Congress "pass health care that works for us now."
Grassroots activist pledges ongoing fight for health reform
If we can break through on health care then the rest of that change agenda can move, and if we don't break through on health care it won't.
