Lawmakers scramble on government shutdown and debt ceiling deal
The solution, in any case, is only temporary with another showdown or shutdown possible again early next year.
"Let us work," say government workers
It's hurting our communities, said demonstrators in downtown Detroit protesting the tea party led government shutdown.
The tea party gang and the âFâ word
The tea party is not your typical conservative group. They are as close to fascist as you can get away with today.
Immigrants strap themselves to wheels of deportation buses
The peaceful blockade succeeded in halting the day's proceedings where detainees were to have been hauled before a judge and sentenced as a group.
Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown
Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.
How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?
There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.
Growing college football player protest demands NCAA reforms
Though many college athletes live in poverty, a protest by National Collegiate Athletic Association football players is quietly spreading across the nation.
More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C.
The protests show that immigration reform supporters are prepared to continue the battle until the House leadership puts the immigration bill up for a vote.
Obama picks full-employment advocate Yellen to head Federal Reserve
President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve vice chair, to run the Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world.
What are mass school closings about? Watch this video
Philadelphia's families, teachers unions and other school worker unions as well as students have responded with a rousing "Hell no, our schools are not for sale."
