Victory for women: Komen reinstates Planned Parenthood funding
The reversal came after a firestorm of protests over the cutoff, including charges that it was a cave-in to Republican/right-wing pressure.
Chris Rock says he’s willing to pay higher taxes
Jesus would support taxing the rich, said President Barack Obama at this week's national prayer breakfast.
Fighting for immigrant rights in Alabama: a video interview
Last June Alabama passed one of the most draconian anti-immigrant laws in the country. Immigrant rights activists describe it as Arizona's bitter law on steroids.
Victory for equal marriage in the Evergreen State
Senators approved by a vote of 28 to 21 a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Four Republicans joined 24 Democrats in voting yes.
Ron Paul’s neo-Nazi ties, Romney alliance exposed
When hacking activist group Anonymous began a mission to take down the white supremacist party, they were surprised by what they found
Romney’s Bain behind airline plan to slash jobs and pensions
American Airlines announced yesterday that it will take the advice of Mitt Romney's firm, Bain Capital, and lay off 13,000 workers.
GOP forces anti-labor provisions into transport bills
Unions are mobilizing this week to fight anti-labor provisions the Republicans have inserted into major transportation bills.
Don Cornelius, creator of “Soul Train,” dead at 75
Don Cornelius, creator of the iconic "Soul Train" television show, was found dead on Wednesday at his California home. He was 75.
Arizona next battleground in workers’ rights war
Neither the state AFL-CIO's efforts nor the special election recall loss in November of a key radical right ally stopped GOP Gov. Jan Brewer
Texans will fight voter suppression
"We are in a new era, a new situation, which none of us have ever seen before."
