Rapid rise in super PACs dominated by single donors
A growing number of political committees have become instruments of single donors.
Lee Cain: he kept his eyes on the prize
Lee Cain was a powerful orator who had toiled for years at the Dodge Main plant and was a leader of the Black Caucus of the UAW.
San Francisco tenants fight back against unjust evictions
A broad coalition of housing rights and community organizations is launching a campaign to educate renters about their legal rights.
Populism 2015 Conference launches campaign for "new" economy
They came from across America to launch a wide ranging, broad-based plan to make things right.
Death at the hands of the police - this time in Baltimore
No city, town or hamlet can any longer feel immune from the devastating news that, once again, a Black man's life has been taken by the police
Historians: History is more than an academic exercise
"History shapes and molds our perceptions of our past, present and future; it informs and builds a narrative: it provides lessons applicable to today's reality."
Today in history: 50th anniversary of first national march against Vietnam War
On this date in 1965, Washington, D.C. saw the first major demonstration against the Vietnam War.
Low wage strikes and protests biggest in U.S. history
Low-wage workers in over 200 cities, backed by the nation's unions, walked off their jobs or joined protesters yesterday from one end of the nation to the other.
Obama recommends taking Cuba off list of state sponsors of terrorism
On Tuesday, Obama recommended that Cuba be removed from The U.S. State Department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism List."
Today in history: On April 15 the tax man cometh
In 1894, the Wilson-Gorman tariff imposed the first peacetime income tax of 2 percent on income over $4000, affecting fewer than one in ten households at that time.
