Insurance companies getting FEMA to pay their post-Sandy bills
Anger is growing in Brooklyn as thousands in the New York area are told by their insurance companies that they're not covered for damages resulting from Hurricane Sandy.
$27 million granted to hire New York's unemployed for Sandy relief
There were protests to demand power be restored and for more help with the clean up. This situation to too big and too costly for private, profit-making companies to handle.
“Latino voters have a check to cash” for immigration reform
Latinos influenced the election outcome in a big way this year, helping to ensure President Barack Obama's second term.
N. Calif. registered nurses still fighting Sutter takeaways
For the seventh time since fall 2011, registered nurses were walking picket lines at eight Sutter Health facilities in northern California.
Oil platform explosion: Another disaster in the Gulf
It seems that, for the Gulf Coast, which has already endured the tragic BP oil spill, the hits just keep on coming.
Today in history: President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
One of the best-known speeches in American history, it was delivered by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
Occupy Sandy builds on longstanding progressive tradition
This was not the first time that a radical movement decided to provide direct services to individuals who suffered extreme hardship.
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.
Campaign to save Social Security, Medicare from budget-cutters
Diane Fleming first encountered Social Security when she was three years old. Now she's 70, and one of hundreds of people descending on Congress.
