Video: Protest targets senator as immigration bill progresses
Among the 11 million undocumented immigrants are 1.4 million Koreans who suffer many of the same low paid jobs, fear of deportation, as their Latino counterparts.
Texas fertilizer plant inspection long overdue
Last night an enormous explosion rocked this small town situated near Waco, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.
Indefatigable peace leader readies for big teleconference
Judith LeBlanc has been working non-stop over the last 10 years to end U.S.wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ohio seniors blast Social Security cuts
The resolution opposing any cuts to Social Security also stated that the cap on Social Security taxes, now at $113,000, should be eliminated, so that the wealthy pay their fair share.
Seeking Obama intervention in Gitmo hunger strike
In an open letter to President Obama this Friday, human rights organizations have called for his intervention in the ongoing hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.
Tax Day, 2013: U.S. pay gap is biggest in the world
Last year CEOs received an average $12.3 million while the average worker took home around $34, 645.
Thousands in Ohio demand Medicaid expansion
Enduring a cold, constant rain, the large crowd roared after each speaker; "Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, health care works!"
Arkansas, Texas towns poisoned with pools of oil
The rupture in the ExxonMobil-owned Pegasus pipeline, which sent a deluge of tarsands oil through the Arkansas town of Mayflower, is worse than previously thought.
$1 trillion in debt, students lobby Congress for action
College activists lobbied Congress for relief last month during the United States Student Association's annual legislative conference.
A Chicago neighborhood fights for its school
The action at Herbert is one of 61 school closures, mergers and turnarounds announced by CPS. It will be the largest number of school closures in U.S. history.
