Cancer patients more likely to go bankrupt
Cancer patients are twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as people without cancer, a study in Washington State has found.
Audio: Demanding food safety, Houston protests GMOs
Houstonians join food safety advocates around the world to demonstrate against a biotech giant they say may be poisoning us all.
Texas clergy and students back Walmart strikers
We protested low wages, unattainable benefits, and murderous uncertain working hours.
President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma
President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
Florida rally says: "Buzz off, Monsanto"
Central Floridians turned out or the March Against Monsanto targeting the biotechnology mega-corporation and its role in the propagation of genetically modified seeds.
Protesters to Obama: "400,000, not one more deportation"
CHICAGO - Twelve undocumented Chicagoans were arrested May 29 as they blocked rush hour traffic to demand that President Obama stop deportations.
Chicago joins 12-city protest against Koch Tribune grab
CHICAGO - People from all over this city jammed the entrances of the Chicago Tribune today demanding that it not be sold to Koch industries, the company owned by David and Charles Koch, top fundraisers for the tea party.
GOP attempts to defund, block Obamacare
Republicans in Congress are continuing to try everything possible to obstruct, delay or outright prevent the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called Obamacare.
Anti-Monsanto rally draws Texas protesters
BELTON, Texas (Texas Media Collective) - A misty sky didn't dampen spirits at the May 25 March Against Monsanto rally here. Local organizers pronounced themselves pleased with the turnout, which numbered some 60 people.
