Seattle MLK march message: stop police violence
More than 2,000 people marched Martin Luther King Day, protesting brutality and use of lethal force by officers of the Seattle Police Department.
At King birthday rally, elected officials urge grassroots involvement
Bay area elected officials addressed a crowd that packed the great hall at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 to honor the great civil rights and peace leader.
Photographer Milton Rogovin dies at age 101 in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Milton Rogovin, a social documentary photographer who built a life's work by looking through a lens at people who were invisible to others, died Tuesday, January 18, at age 101.
Ohio rallies show surging anger over cuts
Militant rallies in Columbus and Cincinnati on Friday voiced mounting anger at threats by Republican Gov. John Kasich to slash jobs, services and union rights.
Health reform backers gaining support
As Republicans attempt to repeal healthcare reform, Democats are turning the debate into a campaign to explain the law to more Americans.
Fearing witch hunt, Muslims denounce planned hearings
"Are you now or have you ever been ... ?" is a question that many fear may come back into vogue if Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., goes ahead with hearings on Muslim "radicalization."
Tucson honors MLK, shooting victims in Walk for Peace
TUCSON, Ariz. -- In honor of Martin Luther King Jr and his birthday holiday, hundreds of people "marched" two miles to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office in a Walk for Peace, Jan. 16, for all that perished, the victims and "Gabby."
Illinois: One pen away from abolishing the death penalty
Lawmakers are poised to make Illinois the first state to end capital punishment since 2009.
The GOP attack on NPR
The Republicans' main interest in the NPR fights is to destroy this nation's only democratically controlled media.
This is a heat wave, at least in the long term
Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.
