President demands lawmakers pass $447 billion jobs bill
Republicans, as expected, are already throwing wrenches into the works, with all of the GOP presidential candidates essentially trashing the proposal.
Hundreds arrested in pro-environment civil disobedience
The demonstration is the longest sustained civil disobedience action since the civil rights movement and the largest since 1977.
Public support grows for government jobs program
"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.
Joint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.
Smiley and West's Poverty Tour: A call for unconditional brotherhood
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West brought the last stop of their "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" to Memphis, Tennessee. The location was chosen in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s support for sanitation workers and as the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.
New federal immigration policy a step forward, supporters say
Last week the Obama administration announced it would suspend deportation proceeding against thousands of undocumented immigrants that pose no serious threat to national security or public safety.
Detroit demands action on jobs
Over 5,000 jobseekers showed up in Detroit for the second stop on the Congressional Black Caucus's "For the People" tour.
Smiley and West poverty tour draws criticism, support
Talk show host Tavis Smiley and academic activist Cornel West embarked last week on a poverty tour to highlight growing inequality in the U.S.
Congreswoman introduces emergency jobs bill
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., plans to introduce the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, which will put over 2 million people to work.
“Historic victory”: Insurance companies must cover birth control
Starting next year, insurers will be required to fully cover, with no copays, contraception and other preventive health services for women.
