
Senate approved transportation bill would create 200,000 jobs
The Senate-approved bill now heads to the House, where unions and workers hope it will get passed.

Wisconsin recall set for June 5 - is the end near for Walker?
Voters will be headed to the polls for recall elections involving Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and four Republican state senators.

Bands want music pulled from Limbaugh’s “right-wing clown show”
"Our response: Hey, stop using our music on your racist, misogynist, right-wing clown show."

Poll: Working-class swing voters favor Obama
Millions of working-class swing voters, some with moderate, and even some with conservative views, may be poised to vote for President Barack Obama.

Protest greets Romney: We are women and we vote
His ideas - and the other Republican presidential candidates' ideas - are "outdated" and "from the dark-ages."

N.Y. archbishop fights child abuse legislation
In a meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Democrat, Cardinal Timothy Dolan stressed that he was resolutely opposed to the proposed Child Victims Act, which, he says, "unfairly" targets the Catholic Church.
Texas groups protest banks, sonogram law
Women from Code Pink, along with a few male allies, recently picketed the Bank of America on Inwood and Lemmon.

Labor leader supports Obama admin's blocking of voter ID laws
Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, welcomed the Justice Department's recent decision to strike down voter ID laws in Texas and Wisconsin.

“Recall Walker!” – 62,000 Wisconsin workers fight back
Wisconsinites stood up and proved that once again, they are ready to fight.

Payday lending makes banks big profits
In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.

