Feds show Massey faked safety records in deadly W Va mine
Federal investigators say they have proof that Massey Energy kept fake safety records to throw off inspectors at a West Virginia coal mine where 29 men died last year, the deadliest U.S. coal field disaster in four decades.
Wisconsin elections board disqualifies Republican candidate
Republicans in Wisconsin were dealt a major blow June 27 in their effort to unseat state Democrats and retain their anti-union majority.
Activists meet in Minneapolis at Netroots conference
Netroots was stocked with workshops about online activism and how the progressive movement aims to overcome recent attacks against working people by the GOP and it's extreme right-wing.
Video: Fighting, teaching and learning in Walkerville
What a treat to walk around and talk to the "Walkerville" citizens! Great discussions going on all the time. History, political economy, trade unionism, coalition building and many other topics fill the air.
Connecticut becomes first state to require paid sick days
A national precedent was set in Connecticut last week after lawmakers passed measures allowing paid sick days and the expansion of health care coverage.
Alabama passes nation's most extreme anti-immigrant measure
Critics say the new law is worse than Arizona's SB 1070.
Facebook may recognize faces instead of privacy
Facebook recently took the liberty of changing its users' privacy settings in order to allow for its latest feature, facial recognition software.
Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand
By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.
"Walkerville" tent city grows in Wisconsin
Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
