
Thousands of Boston public school students walk out to protest budget cuts
Monday's walk out and protest was self-organized by students and received broad support from teachers, parents, and other allies.

Walker offers rightwing policies tried and tested in his Wisconsin lab
Wisconsin stands as the actual laboratory of failure for Republican ideology and pain for the people.

Spoiler Alert- The man behind the curtain is Bruce Rauner!
Governor Rauner is at war with working-class families with the full intention of playing the school yard bully, picking on those of us who are the most vulnerable.

So-called "balanced budget" shows the GOP has money to kill
The opposite of win-win, the Republican budgets are kill-kill.

Proposition 2: A bad idea for California
Prop 2 sets aside a percentage of the surplus billions in unexpected tax revenues, without restoring the $15 billion in brutal budget cuts beginning in 2008 .

Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class
On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.

Nurses give qualified support to Sanders-McCain VA proposal
"While Congress has spent billions on wars and conflicts over the past few years, not enough has been spent to care for service members returning from them."

Millions face ruthless food stamps cuts
More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program.

Shutdown cost: $24 billion and counting
The government shutdown may be officially over but its estimated cost of $24 billion to the American taxpayers will continue to rise every day for a long time to come.

Stand up for Cincinnati
What do you call a proposal that breaks promises to city workers, destroys their family's hard-earned retirement security, lowers the city's tax base and harms our fragile economy?

