Students, teachers protest university privatization, tuition hikes
A new coalition at the University of Oregon rallied and marched Oct. 3 against rising tuition and plans to privatize governance of the university.
Will Obama again take “Last Capital of Confederacy”?
President Barack Obama stunned voters here after the results of the 2008 election poured in.
Detroit increases voting access, defying “tyrants”
"The right to vote preserves all other rights; tyrants deny people the right to vote," Jesse Jackson told a big voter mobilization rally here Thursday.
President Obama will establish Chávez National Monument
President Obama is slated to announce establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument.
Court halts Pennsylvania voter ID law
Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court halted the state's new voter suppression law, ruling today that it not be enforced for the presidential election only five weeks away.
Survey: Voters hate secret money in congressional races
Voters in 54 "battleground" GOP-held congressional districts overwhelmingly hate big and secret money in politics.
Lawmaker probes Florida Republican voter fraud
Rep. Elijah Cummings is spearheading the investigation of Republican Party voter registration fraud, even as the GOP continues to gush slogans of "voter integrity."
Disney disgrace: Scandal rocks efforts to block paid sick time
The newly minted campaign comes in the wake of disclosures that the county had deleted text messages sent and received during a lengthy meeting on earned sick time.
Defying obstruction, voting begins in Ohio
Crowds gathered at election boards early Tuesday morning, waiting for the doors to open on the first day of early voting in Ohio in the critical Nov. 6 presidential election.
