New Yorkers protest Bloomberg's budget cuts
Public budget hearings gave City Council members and citizens an opportunity to push back against Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
"Birther" charges so ridiculous, even Supreme Court refuses case
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. The high court is known as the most extremist right-wing court in modern times, dominated by five conservatives.
Labor rolls out biggest voter protection effort ever
At a packed press conference the AFL-CIO, joined by the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza and the Generational Alliance, announced the launching of what could be the biggest voter protection effort in U.S. history.
Efforts to relax marijuana laws gain support
Once consigned to the political fringe, marijuana policy is appearing on legislative agendas around the country thanks to an energized base of supporters.
Muted rebellion against Blue Dogs at W.Va. Dem convention
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, W.Va. Secretary of State Natalie Tenant and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin refused to budge from their association with Republican austerity politics.
New bill would remedy nation’s “dental crisis”
Are your teeth a part of your body? Apparently, no. More than one-third of Americans have no dental insurance. One quarter of U.S. adults 65 and older have lost all their teeth.
What's new about the Texas Democrats?
Today, it is said the Democratic Party is the major hope for Americans hoping to get jobs and keep or extend life-saving benefits such as health care and Social Security.
Outrage over Olympic corporate sponsors erupting around the world
Corporatization of the coming Olympic games in London is under attack from all corners of the world.
DREAMers in Denver protest deportations, private prisons for immigrants
Undocumented youths from the Campaign for the American Dream arrived here just a few days ago, and are already changing things.
EPA considers banning frog-poisoning herbicide
Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004, but in the U.S., approximately 80 million pounds of it are used during a year.
