Quality care group wins “open government” award
The CCQCC recently won an "open government" award in recognition of the group's fight to open the books on the operation of the OMC.
Across the U.S., anti-fracking groups speak out
From the western U.S. to the East Coast, new grassroots coalitions are forming to protest one of today's most significant environmental hazards - the natural gas extraction process known as fracking.
Big business and GOP block Florida sick-time ballot measure
Progressive forces have had the prospect of paid sick time, an advance for low-wage workers, snatched from them, at least temporarily, by big business forces and their allies .
A fight grows in Brooklyn to save SUNY Downstate
Public health professionals are working to save hundreds of jobs and preserve community services here at a state university-run medical center, the fourth largest employer in the borough
Group sees the disabled as their own best spokespeople
Marian Bacon has worked at The Memphis Center for Independent Living, an action and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, for over five years.
Reclaim democracy, protect the vulnerable says faith community
At its Fire of Faith, Rekindling Democracy rally this past Sunday, the Detroit metropolitan faith community unveiled a new kind of "heat" beginning to sweep the region.
Moment of victory: Shell stops Arctic drilling
Shell has chosen to halt its oil-drilling program after a dome used to clean up potential spills became damaged.
Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops
AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.
With toxic plant ready for demolition, NJ residents voice concerns
The E.C. Electroplating plant - the source of a nearly 30 year-old toxic chromium spill currently wending its way beneath this town - will be torn down in early October.
As wolves lose protection, activists keep issue in their crosshairs
Concerned activists noted that the "delisting" of wolves leaves them vulnerable to the state government's hostile agenda, which involves drawing up plans for an autumn slaughter.
