Nashville sound: Solidarity
400 union members and supporters gathered at the State Capitol here to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.
The unity of public workers and those they serve
Republican Governor Rick Scott gave rise to a political strike, not a collective bargaining strike, by deciding to attack public workers.
Obama, most Americans, side with unions over right-wingers
Presidential and popular support for public workers was not the only bad polling news the right wing has to deal with today.
Mayors warn cuts to block grants will cost jobs
Mayors around the country are reacting with alarm to the cuts proposed for the Community Development Block Grant program.
Video: The Windy City protests federal housing cuts
On Friday close to one thousand Chicagoans turned out at the Illinois State Office Building hopping mad about planned federal budget cuts proposed for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development).
GOP budget would close Social Security offices
If Republicans have their way with the federal budget it would close Social Security offices across the country.
Philly students, teachers assail top-down school “reform”
A spirited rally by 500 parents, students, teachers and others Feb. 25 protested decisions the district is imposing in the name of "school reform."
Dallas demonstrates for Wisconsin
Speakers urged the crowd to do everything possible to overcome the crisis in Wisconsin and at home.
Nationwide actions urge full funding for Head Start
Among $61 billion in draconian cuts in the federal spending bill the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed last week is $1.1 billion in funding for Head Start, a cut of 22 percent.
Conn. gov joins in "We are one with the workers of Wisconsin"
"I am proud to stand with you and the workers of Wisconsin," Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy told hundreda at a Hartford rally Tuesday.
