Nation's labor leaders meet to mobilize for 2012 elections
Leaders of almost every labor union in the country are arriving here today for a special meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Thousands end 2012 Selma to Montgomery march
Thousands re-tracing the steps of those who made the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. ended their five-day journey by converging this weekend on the Alabama state capital here.
In anti-Obama quest, Limbaugh supported Kony's Lord's Resistance Army
In his radio broadcast titled "Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians," Limbaugh says, "Lord's Resistance Army are Christians. They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them."
Wisconsin judge halts state photo ID law for April 3 election
Calling it "the single most restrictive voter eligibility law" in the nation, Judge David Flanagan issued a temporary injunction stopping the state's requirement to show a photo ID in the April 3 elections.
227,000 jobs added, jobless rate steady at 8.3 percent
The economy added 227,000 jobs in February with the official unemployment rate staying at 8.3 percent according to new figures released this morning.
Highway mass transit bill hits rocky road
The GOP-run House has split into warring factions over its version - so much so that Republican leaders are threatening their own caucus.
Rights advocate: Justice Department reluctant to take on voter suppression
The Obama administration's Justice Department is reluctant to take on the fight against voter suppression efforts nationwide.
Bread and Roses in 1912, Hyatt and Hotels in 2012
When it comes to oppression of women it sometimes seems like "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
Martin Sheen touts, Occupy Wall Street, Obama presidency
Actor Martin Sheen credits the Occupy Wall Street movement with changing the debate in the country and creating a new framework for this year's election.
Leading communist barnstorms Wisconsin
Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA, made appearances in Wisconsin Mar. 2 and 3 to lend a hand in the fight for justice.
