At empty train depot, Detroiters demand jobs
DETROIT - They believe that if a negligent slumlord did what he was supposed to, the worst urban blight could be used to generate good jobs.
Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand
By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.
"Walkerville" tent city grows in Wisconsin
Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
GOP's privatization of Social Security would hurt veterans
Almost 800,000 veterans receive Social Security disability benefits, with an additional 2 million or more spouses and children eligible as well.
GOP panel cuts 43 education programs
The GOP-run House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 23-16 on party lines May 25 to eliminate 43 elementary and secondary education programs.
Illinois coalition celebrates 25 years of immigrant justice
Hundreds commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
Vermont makes move toward single-payer health care
Vermont has taken the first step towards creating a statewide single-payer government-run health care system.
