Trumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report
Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.

Conn. vigil remembers slain youth
Young people organized a candlelight vigil to remember the 34 people who were killed in 2011, and to highlight the link between joblessness and violence.

Ohio says no to new fracking drilling permits
A victory was scored in the fight against hydraulic fracking in Ohio today when the state Department of Natural Resources announced a suspension of new drilling permits.

After blackouts, anti-piracy bills lose support
The bills had the financial backing of major corporate interests including the film and entertainment industries, and cable television, among others.
It's official: capitalism is a dirty word
Luntz is the Republican pollster who has engineered the language of political discourse and handed the conservative movement some useful tools.
Union local president describes how Romney killed a steel plant
Under Romney's leadership, the mill slashed 1,750 jobs, padlocked a division that had existed for 100 years and eventually sank into bankruptcy.

Foreclosures set to rise in 2012
The slight dip in foreclosure rates in 2011 was not the beginning of a trend towards reversal of the mortgage crisis.

Teen atheist wins lawsuit vs. school, religious banner
After a protest led by a young atheist, a federal judge has ordered the removal of an inappropriate prayer banner from a high school auditorium in Rhode Island.

"Right-to-work (for less)" bill threatens democracy in Indiana
Labor rights and democracy are in grave danger in the Hoosier state.
People of Wisconsin make history on recall
MADISON, Wis. - Participants in the drive by United Wisconsin to collect more than a million signatures to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker celebrated long and hard here last night.

