Bulgarian steel workers rally grows into national protests
Teachers and doctors say they will join the persistent protests of Kremikovtzi steel mill workers, driven to despair by the economic situation in the country.
States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration
(Project Vote) The rising levels of voter participation among the nation’s youth continue to be challenged by the current voter registration system, perpetuating the difficulty of fostering lifelong voters. Some states are proposing to take this challenge into their own hands by making voter registration accessible to citizens as young as 16. Already widely accessible at schools and departments of motor vehicles, the move would allow future voters in some states to automatically be enrolled on the voter rolls on their 18th birthdays.
Congress urged to exempt bookstore records from Patriot Act
On April 7, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center sent a memo urging Congress to exempt bookstores and library records from Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.
Bandana Project protests sexual violence against women farmworkers
CHICAGO — Farmworker and women’s rights groups came together here April 8, to protest sexual violence against farmworker women and other low-wage female immigrant workers in the U.S.
Misplaced priorities? Where your tax dollars go
As pundits and politicians dispute whether Pentagon spending changes announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates this week amount to cuts, increases or neither, a new report says more than 37 cents of every taxpayer dollar went to military-related spending last year.
Voters tell lawmakers during break: 'Pass the budget'
WASHINGTON—House and Senate members returned to their home districts for their two-week spring break to face voter demands that they enact President Obama’s budget providing many billions for “green jobs,” health care, and education.
Glenn Beck and the rise of Fox News' militia media
After a night of drinking, followed by an early-morning argument with his mother, with whom he shared a Pittsburgh apartment, 22-year-old Richard Poplawski put on a bulletproof vest, grabbed his guns, including an AK-47 rifle, and waited for the police to respond to the domestic disturbance call his mother had placed. When two officers arrived at the front door, Poplawski shot them both in the head, and then killed another officer who tried to rescue his colleagues.
Open letter to President Obama from Muslims
Dear President Obama, This is an extraordinary time in history, especially for you. You are now the president of the most influential nation in the world.
Franken widens lead, Coleman wont concede
A three-judge panel on April 7th opened about 400 absentee ballots in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman race for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, still undecided five months after the Nov. 4 election. When the judges finished counting, Franken had widened his lead over the incumbent Republican from 225 votes to 312 votes.
