Obama calls for tax hike for the rich
President Barack Obama laid out a "framework" that he said can reduce the federal budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years without slashing social services.
Thousands at Michigan Capitol: We are the people
A cross-section of the people's movement poured into the Michigan Capitol grounds today with this message: "We are the people - protect us, not the CEOs."
Campaign targets tax breaks for rich investors
The richest Americans receive the special privilege of having half of their income taxed at a much lower rate than the vast majority of working families.
Millions forced to work while sick
Millions of American workers have no paid sick days at all, especially those who need them the most, says a recent "snapshot" by the Economic Policy Institute.
African Americans, women and youth hit hard
The Republican assault on the public sector threatens to accelerate the rate at which public employees are being laid off, with especially dire consequences for African Americans and women.
Republicans show government shutdown is their aim
Republicans are exposing their determination to force a government shutdown, regardless of any Democratic concessions.
Across the country, hundreds of thousands declare, “We are One”
In over a thousand U.S. cities, unionists, civil rights and community activists gathered April 4, honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated 43 years earlier.
“Odd couple” backs BUILD Act for jobs
The leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to push a law that would create millions of well-paid jobs.
Calif. Republicans list 53 demands, no solutions
California's Republican legislative minority, in response to the state budget, are trying to ram through an agenda that does not reflect that there is a Democratic governor and Democratic majority in the state legislature.
Protestors crash “corporate criminal” breakfast
Protestors in St. Louis crashed an annual breakfast where corpoarte leaders, politicans and bank executives were meeting, demanding they be held responsible for wrecking the economy.
