Are corporations too big to prosecute?
These are banks, and bankers, whose failure precipitated the financial crisis, and the succeeding depression and bailouts. There have been bailouts, but, so far, no prosecutions of the CEO's.
Today in women's history: Minnie Fisher Cunningham born
Cunningham was elected president of the Galveston Equal Suffrage Association and toured her home state to speak out for the right for women to vote.
Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
A mother fights gun violence
Janice gives much of her time trying to make life better for working people and people of color in her community, in her union and in the world.
Today in women’s history: Police evict striking Woolworth’s clerks
New York City police evicted and arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek.
A woman’s place is in her union; “Women of Steel” (video)
Remember Rosie the Riveter? This image was created to inspire women to do the work that was typically done by men. Since then, women have made huge advances in the workplace.
40 years after, Watergate crimes remain relevant
Common Cause gathered almost everyone it could find from the Watergate era for a 2-day retrospective reviewing the constitutional crimes, known as "Watergate," that brought down Richard Nixon.
Today in women's history: Lida Gustava Heymann born
A leading figure in the women's rights movement in Germany.,Lida Gustava Heymann was born in Hamburg, Germany on March 15, 1868.
Government urged to curb wage theft
Wage theft comes through arbitrary employer rulings that workers are "independent contractors." That's a form of fraud that hurts workers, honest employers and governments, too,
Unions, environmentalists join to uphold California's landmark environmental law
A new coalition has formed to uphold the California Environmental Quality Act against business-backed attempts to weaken the state's landmark 1970 environmental safety law.
