Ballot prop to legalize pot gets everyone's attention
If you want voters to pay attention to propositions, try putting one on the ballot to legalize pot.
Global warming at stake in November elections
Not one Republican running for the US Senate in the November elections favors action to curb greenhouse emissions causing global warming.
Obama discusses elections with student journalists
Today's young people, the so-called "Lost Generation," is going to be just fine, says President Barack Obama-but only if the progressive reforms made in the past two years are defended from the Republicans-and expanded upon.
Hope is stronger than hate
In their effort to win the Congress this year and the White House in 2012, the Republican Party and their tea party attack dogs are unashamedly promoting fear, racism, bigotry and red-baiting.
Republican candidates "pledge" open warfare on working families
Republican Party Senate candidates pledged this past week to protect tax loopholes for companies that outsource jobs, according to new media reports.
GOP facing multiple hurdles in election drive
Republicans hoping to seize control of Congress on Election Day face a week of obstacles that are expected to complicate their plans.
Neighborhood group focuses on Nov. 2
The grassroots are preparing for the Nov. 2 elections in Illinois.
Wisconsin GOP plots vote suppression
A coordinated plot by the Republican Party, tea party and billionaire Koch brothers to suppress the vote in Wisconsin on Election Day has been exposed.
Baltimore backs Oct. 2 march
The City Council has voted unanimously to endorse the October 2 One Nation Working Together march, and a local coalition is working to fill 100 buses.
Michigan GOP governor ticket favors outsourcing, privatization
The Republican candidate for governor is "proud" of his record of outsourcing as a Gateway Computers executive and his ultra-rich running mate wants to privatize Social Security.
