Unions urge last minute calls to Senate today on jobs
The U.S. Senate will vote on the Rebuild America Jobs Act, which would immediately create jobs by putting $59 billion into infrastructure repairs.
Initiative 26: life-threatening proposition for Mississippi women
The legality of abortion has remained a hot topic in American politics, the most recent incarnation of which is the "personhood" initiatives.
Bank of America yields to consumer outrage over $5 fee
"It was a classic David-and-Goliath fight, fueled by the growing populist outrage against the nation's financial system."
Retired librarian sees trouble ahead
Rahm Emanuel announced there would be significant cuts in the city's library system. These cuts would reduce staff members' 60 plus hours a week to 40.
"Conservative values" Texas judge beats daughter
Shocking video surfaced recently showing Republican Aransas County Judge William "Bill" Adams battering his physically disabled 16-year-old daughter.
Wisconsin GOP pushes bill to slow down recall
In a sneak attack on the democratic rights of the voters to recall elected officials, the Republicans are proposing a bill that would force petition gatherers, who already have to certify each petition they collect, to have those certifications notarized.
Civil rights, labor alliance mobilizing black voters to repeal SB 5
The civil rights movement and the labor movement have joined forces in a statewide campaign to get African-American voters to the polls Nov. 8, to restore union bargaining rights in Ohio by voting "No on Issue 2."
Social Security workers rally in 140 cities to protest cuts
Hundreds of Social Security workers, members of the American Federation of Government Employees, and their supporters staged rallies in Ohio and across the nation Oct. 27 to protest huge proposed cuts to Social Security.
Mass Day of Action gains broad support in Oakland
Occupy Oakland's Nov. 2 mass day of action is gaining broad support from unions, community organizations and faith groups.
Occupy Memphis: Sixteen days and counting
Occupy Memphis features several caucuses devoted to women's rights, diversity, homelessness, LGBT, anti-Capitalism, and Agnosticism/Atheism. The protests have been peaceful and widely supported by the citizens of the Mid-South.
