Three Wisconsin Republicans will face recalls, and maybe more
MADISON, Wis. - After a historic signature collection drive mounted by unions and their allies, three of the GOP senators who rammed through Gov. Scott Walker's bill to kill collective bargaining rights for state workers will definitely face recall votes July 12.
Michigan’s 2012 battleground wars have begun
The goal for the next few months should be to rebuild the coalition of communities and movements that brought Barack Obama to the White House in 2008.
Political murder in Vietnamese America - a new film
An unexplored and deadly consequence of the Vietnam war occurred on U.S. soil - the political assassinations of six Vietnamese-Americans, five of them journalists - between 1981 and 1990.
PATRIOT Act reauthorization move demands reforms
The Senate voted Monday, May 23, to go forward with debate on reauthorization of several provisions of the Patriot Act. Media reports indicated that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., reached agreement on reauthorization of the controversial law.
Supreme Court rules Calif. must reduce inmates
After a long court battle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, on May 23 that California must lower its prison population by tens of thousands in the next two years, so the state can provide decent health care for those who remain.
Facing outrage, corporations belatedly pull support for anti-gay law
Companies that belong to the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, and even the Chamber itself, are backing off from the Chamber's suppport for anti-gay legislation signed by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday.
Kentucky approves tax breaks for ark park
A state contractor has concluded that Ark Encounter, a Bible theme park, has met Kentucky's requirements to receive $43 million in tax incentives.
Followers of rapture evangelist lost millions
Followers of Harold Camping, a fringe evangelical radio minister, believed him when he said that the Rapture would begin May 21 but it looks like they'll have to make those credit card payments after all.
45,000 join AIDS walk in New York
On a recent May Sunday, I, along with a small group of family and friends, walked to remember my oldest son Keith, who died of AIDS 20 years ago.
Labor and democracy: Why is ALEC attacking labor?
The American Legislative Exchange Council's work is pretty much an all out assault on democracy.
