The GOP doesn’t care about hungry families
One in four children are in danger of going hungry every night says the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a new report on “food insecurity.”
CEO, with no education background, to run NYC schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Cathleen Black to head New York schools.
Oklahoma OKs "you're on your own" health care
The reactionaries who swept the Oklahoma elections placed an especially confusing element before state and national politics by passing a referendum aimed at blocking the new national health care bill.
New York election map still blue
New York state is now a redder shade of blue, but Democrats and progressives were able to, for the most part, fend off here the red tide that engulfed much of the country.
Trumka: Voters don't want to go back
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said as he wrapped up campaigning in Philadelphia on Election Day that voters "don't want to go back to the times when Wall Street controlled everything."
Crunch time for the midterm elections
It's crunch time! The polls are open and today's the day to cast your vote for candidates who will fight for working families, not candidates funded by the corporations.
Bill Clinton: youth, student vote is critical
If African Americans, Latinos, first time voters and students defy predictions and vote in large numbers November 2, Democrats can prevent a Republican takeover of Congress.
Tea party failing to match labor's ground game
In the last week before the election, when get-out-the vote efforts become job number one for candidates, the Republican Party has begun to falter.
Tucson: Arizona elections heat up
The news that Rep. Raul Grijalva is now in a tighter race than expected has jolted working-class and progressive forces into action.
Ariz. tea party candidate: No government regulation of salmonella
In Arizona, Republican candidate Jesse Kelley, for the U.S. House in the 8th District, has come out strongly in favor of salmonella outbreaks. He, like many Republicans denying the obvious need for better enforcement of health and food safety regulations, almost incredibly, espoused what amounts to "E-Coli conservatism" at a campaign rally hosted by the Pima County Tea Party Patriots.
