Community members stand up for soldiers’ right to heal
A demonstration outside the Fort Hood main gate honored soldiers who have committed suicide due to trauma inflicted in combat.
There is HOPE for Memphis homeless
The Shelby County Commission, in a 9 to 1 vote, agreed to provide $450,000 to help fund programs and housing for people currently experiencing homelessness.
Plastic bags to be banned in LA
In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
Mariela Castro in San Francisco: Cuba moving toward LGBT equality
Mariela Castro Espin told a standing-room-only crowd of the progress Cuba has made toward equal rights for its LGBT community.
Wrong turn could kill economic recovery
A top international economic group says the recovery could reverse into a new recession due to misguided, wrong economic policies.
Pay your share! Community members crash Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Who would have guessed the Mercantile Exchange needed help from Illinois taxpayers?
Thousands protest Philly school closings, layoffs
Responding to a call by SEIU, more than a thousand people marched through downtown and rallied in front of the School Reform Commission offices.
NATO protest reflections: Winning tactics vs. dead ends
One by one, they threw their medals toward the generals and statesmen behind the high barricades surrounding the NATO Summit in Chicago.
Did Dharun Ravi verdict bring justice for Tyler Clementi?
Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, where I have taught for 41 years, committed suicide.
Florida’s Orange County OKs domestic partnerships
Orange County, Fla., home of Walt Disney World, became the second county in Central Florida to pass a domestic partnership ordinance.
