Shadowy Republican Super PAC to spend millions on GOTV
A well financed - and shadowy - Republican Super PAC has arrived on the scene.
GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal
Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.
Sandra Fluke campaigning hard for Obama
Sandra Fluke, who has become a national figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights, is campaigning hard now for the re-election of President Obama.
Akin just said out loud what fellow Republicans think
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin stirred up a storm when he said, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
Romney's welfare lies hide his plan to slash work support
Romney launched attacks on President Obama's approach to welfare, analysts say, to deflect attention from his own budget proposals to gut programs that make it possible for people to seek employment.
Today in labor history: Nat Turner begins anti-slavery revolt
On Aug. 21, 1831 Nat Turner begins a bloody slave revolt in Southampton County, Va., killing about 60 whites and freeing slaves along the way. It is considered the largest revolt of enslaved people in U.S. history.
Court bars much of Georgia and Alabama anti-immigrant laws
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit found that a section of Alabama's law interferes with children's constitutional right to education.
Ohioans rally to support voting rights
Ohio GOP Secretary of State Jon Husted came under national scrutiny and ridicule when he let Republican-leaning counties have extended early voting hours while restricting hours in Democratic-leaning counties.
Community group will join probe of toxic Chevron fire
A community environmental organization will participate directly in investigating the disastrous Aug. 6 fire at Richmnd, Calif.'s Chevron refinery.
Attacking race-baiting, Ohio labor launches election drive
"We are not dealing with your parents' and grandparents' Republican Party, and if we don't recognize the danger, we could lose everything."
