Planned new $1B U.S.-Canada bridge to create thousands of jobs
A new billion-dollar bridge between Detroit and Windsor., the busiest border crossing from Canada to the U.S., will create 10,000 new jobs on the U.S. side, and it'll be built with U.S. and Canadian steel.
National student power conference set for August
"Young people are in the front ranks of people fighting against the corporate attacks on the 99 percent across our nation."
In Western U.S., raging wildfires will get worse
A large wildfire - sparked by lightning on June 4, and growing out of control - is burning across the Colorado mountains.
Efforts to relax marijuana laws gain support
Once consigned to the political fringe, marijuana policy is appearing on legislative agendas around the country thanks to an energized base of supporters.
Muted rebellion against Blue Dogs at W.Va. Dem convention
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, W.Va. Secretary of State Natalie Tenant and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin refused to budge from their association with Republican austerity politics.
New bill would remedy nation’s “dental crisis”
Are your teeth a part of your body? Apparently, no. More than one-third of Americans have no dental insurance. One quarter of U.S. adults 65 and older have lost all their teeth.
What's new about the Texas Democrats?
Today, it is said the Democratic Party is the major hope for Americans hoping to get jobs and keep or extend life-saving benefits such as health care and Social Security.
It’s about hijacking the presidency and Congress!
Republican Gov. Rick Scott of Florida is out to steal the election for his party by purging tens of thousands of potential Obama voters from the voter rolls.
Plastic bags to be banned in LA
In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
In the “other Chicago,” mental health patients out of options
Millions gathered in the Windy City for the NATO summit. But over in the "other Chicago" - the inner city, Latino and African American-majority neighborhoods, people are suffering.
