Nurses say U.S. hospitals not ready to tackle Ebola
As the Ebola crisis appears to grow more serious, some 4,000 nurses got on a national conference call sponsored by the NNU to discuss the response at their hospitals.
In wake of Ferguson, Baltimore examines police practices
Baltimore is among the many cities in the country examining its police performance in the wake of the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Judicial system and democratic rights at stake in 2014 elections
Basic democratic rights are at stake Nov. 4 if Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate and expand their domination of governorships and state houses.
Environmental leader David Beach issues urgent call to action
"Overcome the temptation of the present generation to pass the problem onto future generations."
Message to retirees: vote in self-defense
New Hampshire senior citizens, their families, and neighbors should do their homework and vote in self-defense on November 4.
"Nuclear option" used against Philly teachers
News stories have documented the ravaging of the district's finances by local banks and out-of-town educational consulting companies.
Courts block Voter ID schemes in Texas and Wisconsin
A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day.
Teamsters' teach-in spotlights environmental injustice at hazardous Missouri landfill
The landfill contains 8,700 tons of un-containerized radioactive waste and there's a fire at the site.
Fast food workers to travel to Ferguson for weekend protests
Members of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago will travel with other community groups to Ferguson, Mo., on Friday, October 11.
Voter ID laws tossing hundreds of thousands off rolls
Exclusion from the voting rolls this fall may affect countless close and key political races, such as the neck-and-neck Wisconsin gubernatorial battle.
