Critics: Mandatory E-Verify comes at a serious price
The GOP in Congress is pushing new laws that would force employers to check the immigration status of new hires.
GOP anti-abortion fervor hits fever pitch
Between last November and the end of March, Republicans proposed 916 measures in 49 state legislatures setting curbs on reproductive rights and health access. So much for "Jobs, jobs, jobs."
Democrats score first big victory since 2010 defeats
The election shows that "Republicans and independent voters, along with Democrats, will reject extreme policies like ending Medicare."
Putting high-speed rail back on track
President Obama announced recently that $8 billion in Recovery Act grants are going to the development of America's first nationwide high-speed intercity rail service program.
Michigan’s 2012 battleground wars have begun
The goal for the next few months should be to rebuild the coalition of communities and movements that brought Barack Obama to the White House in 2008.
45,000 join AIDS walk in New York
On a recent May Sunday, I, along with a small group of family and friends, walked to remember my oldest son Keith, who died of AIDS 20 years ago.
Labor and democracy: Why is ALEC attacking labor?
The American Legislative Exchange Council's work is pretty much an all out assault on democracy.
Republican filibuster blocks Obama nominee Liu
A longstanding struggle over confirmation of Goodwin Liu, nominated as an appellate court judge by President Obama, suffered a Republican filibuster.
Republicans ignore call to end Big Oil's tax breaks
Senate Republicans began a filibuster yesterday to block the stripping of tax subsidies to oil companies.
Wisconsin voter ID bill slammed as vote suppression
State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt called it "an attempt to block the recall of unpopular GOP senators and to suppress turnout among constituencies who may tend to vote Democratic."
