Republicans use child refugees to block immigration reform
The arrival in South Texas alone of over 50,000 child refugees without immigration papers has been seized on by Republicans to block immigration reform.
Texas Democrats set progressive platform
Texas Democrats put fair wages, spending on education, gender equality, immigration reform, LGBT rights, anti-outsourcing, and anti-privatization at the top of their priorities
"Workers' rights same as civil rights," says actor and activist Danny Glover
"Well first of all, I have been involved with issues about labor for a great deal of my life, I come out of a union family and my mother and my father were very much involved in organizing."
In Harris v. Quinn, labor dodges a bullet
Unlike a lobby or interest group, a union has a duty to provide a service to every worker covered in its agreement.
Children fleeing violence and poverty
Displaced children as young as 13 are leaving their homes in Central America in greater numbers than ever before due to violence from wars involving the cartels, gang initiations and or extortion.
No Bill of Rights on U.S.-Mexico border
Tucson is 60 miles from the Mexican border, within a 100-mile zone where immigration authorities say important due process rights can be suspended.
In about-face, lawmakers uphold Saturday mail delivery
After lobbying by the nation's postal unions - and questions from non-partisan auditors about savings claims - a key GOP-run House committee reversed course.
Another problem for Gov. Christie: lawsuit for failure to pay pensions
The workers all say Christie did not make a required $900 million payment to the state and local workers' pension plan. He wants the workers to shoulder the load, instead.
Obama continues to expand rights for LGBT Americans
The president directed the Labor Department to draft rules that clarify that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to LGBT couples, even in states where same-sex marriage is not legal.
Prosecutors: Wisconsin governor in criminal scheme
The investigation into fundraising involving Walker and his campaign, the Wisconsin Club for Growth, the state Chamber of Commerce and other groups began in 2012.
