Berkeley celebrates life of councilmember Maudelle Shirek
A crowd packed Berkeley City Hall to celebrate the life of Maudelle Shirek, an extraordinary woman dubbed "the conscience of the council."
Stop election piracy
The widespread use of voter suppression laws has created a national awareness among the electorate that it is time to review and revise the conduct of national elections.
Today in black history: Harold Washington won the mayoral primary in Chicago
In 1983, Washington won the Democratic mayoral primary and later was elected the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.
Va. election season underway
All 100 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates, lower house of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) and some local offices are up for grabs.
Pelosi vows to curb corporate cash if Dems retake House
The veteran lawmaker said she wants to overturn the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that produced a tsunami of corporate campaign cash.
Trumka: Pols who cut Social Security increases will get cut
The AFL-CIO will work for that, federation President Richard Trumka says.
NY Republicans grab power in state Senate
As a result of November's electoral victories the New York State Assembly remained in Democratic hands, while also winning the formerly Republican-controlled state Senate.
2013: The post-election agenda
The economy is framing everything in the post-election period - and not only for the short term. Here's why.
Latinos: integral to the winning electoral coalition
Pouring out in record numbers for President Barack Obama, Latinos added a strong voice to the broad labor-led, rainbow coalition that clinched the president's re-election last week.
