1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout
SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a living wage.
Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county
Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.
Campaign presses oil tax to save California public schools
A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.
Gay-Straight Alliance president: "Make Michigan better" for all
As a member of a “minority” group, “one thing you realize, you can’t get anything done unless you have support of some of the 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.
Obama scores high approval rating, but not in all areas
54 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s overall job performance, while 45 percent disapprove.
Pete Seeger on youth, careers, and social movements
David Kupfer visited with Pete Seeger just before his 90th birthday in the spring of 2009. This is the second installment of a three part series based on the interviews.
Black lawmakers fight for immigrant rights
Despite the GOP's nationwide push for anti-immigrant laws, Black Democratic lawmakers are denouncing such measures and say their communities support the struggle for immigrant rights.
Scholars say left, including unions, needs big unifying message
Four scholars, two from the U.S. and two from abroad, say income inequality could be that theme.
Americans tire of "free market," says poll
Since the 2008 economic meltdown, Americans have changed the way they think about the free market economy and now, according to a new poll, are more skeptical of it than the people of even Communist Party-led China.
