Details emerge on jobless benefits and payroll tax cut deal
In addition to shortening the maximum length of time workers may collect, the GOP also won some cuts in the pensions for newly hired federal workers.
New York police charged with spying, dirty tricks against Al Sharpton
The spying charge dates back to protests triggered by the "not guilty" verdicts for three cops tried for the murder of Sean Bell.
Romney’s treatment of pet lands him in the doghouse
Romney claimed the fuss was all over nothing; Seamus loved rides on the car roof, he insisted.
Online campaign to boycott Koch Industries grows
The Koch brothers are a major funder of the tea party and several right-wing think tanks.
Targeted victims protest American Airlines bankruptcy plans
The flight attendants called the action, and the pilots and Transport Workers Union quickly joined in. Other unions and solidarity activists drove into DFW International Airport for the action.
Desperate measures? Bishops and Republicans continue fight against birth control
One would have thought that the Obama administration last week put a solid end to the fight over women's access to birth control.
Gay marriage passes Jersey senate, becomes law in Washington state
New Jersey's Senate passed a bill approving the legalization of gay marriage by a vote of 24-16
Court hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure
Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.
Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders
The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.
Environmental groups unite to stop Keystone XL
Aactivist group 350 called on everyone to send half a million messages to the Senate by the end of the day demanding "back the President and make sure this pipeline doesn't get built."
