Pennsylvania's GOP Gov. Corbett a “no show” on schools
The reports suggested that the funding would likely come from reductions elsewhere in the state budget rather than from new revenue.
GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed
Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.
Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing
Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.
Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching
The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether, leaving 12.3 million officially une3mployed..
Next time use U.S. Postal Service
It has been widely reported that many people did not get their Christmas presents delivered on time by UPS and FedEx. How did this happen?
A year after Newtown, more shootings, more gun profits
"Unless there is a sustained public movement to curb guns as a source of profit, the corporate profit drive will continue to push guns to make money."
Michigan residents fast for immigration reform
Cindy Garcia delivered a heartfelt plea on behalf of her husband as she fasted during the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12.
Officials call for further suspensions of deportations
29 members of the House of Representatives has sent a letter to President Obama asking that he respond to Republican obstructionism on immigration reform legislation.
1.3 million jobless could go over the cliff Dec. 28
"I was once the main breadwinner but now we are not really able to make ends meet."
Obama: Collective bargaining can close the income gap
In a wide-ranging speech on the state of the economy, President Obama took sharp aim at income inequality, citing the growing gulf between the rich and the rest of us.
