Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops
AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.
Coming out for equality in Memphis
"This very ground was built on the struggle for equality and equal rights."
Chicago teachers to vote Sunday on ending strike
CHICAGO- Teachers here will vote on Sunday, Sept. 16, whether to continue or end the weeklong strike. Some 800 elected union delegates met today and decided they needed to see - in writing - more details on the framework hammered out by negotiators.
CLUW mobilizes to protect voter rights
Republican legislators are passing voter suppression laws to take voting rights away. Most affected are people of color, women and working families.
With toxic plant ready for demolition, NJ residents voice concerns
The E.C. Electroplating plant - the source of a nearly 30 year-old toxic chromium spill currently wending its way beneath this town - will be torn down in early October.
NFL players make strong defense of LGBT equality
Many athletes have publicly stated their support for having LGBT players as their teammates, and some have supported marriage equality efforts.
Faith leaders condemn far right Values summit
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders, in a hastily called press conference, spoke out today against the Ryan budget.
In Chicago, a movement is born to reclaim public education
Parents, students and community groups, whose pent up outrage at school privatization dictated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been unleashed by the strike, joined teachers on the picket lines.
Pennsylvania high court to rule on massive vote suppression law
Estimates are that the law will disenfranchise one in 10 eligible voters - mostly people of color, students, seniors and low-income voters.
Florida’s economy lags behind nation; low wages contribute
Florida workers were hit hard by the Great Recession and the economic recovery is coming to them more slowly than their counterparts in other states across the nation.
