GOP facing multiple hurdles in election drive
Republicans hoping to seize control of Congress on Election Day face a week of obstacles that are expected to complicate their plans.
Activists call FBI raids massive “fishing expedition”
CHICAGO - Antiwar and solidarity activists filled the West Town Community Law Office here of Melinda Power Saturday, Sept. 25, to show support for Joe Iosbaker and Stephanie Weiner whose house was raided by the FBI on Friday.
GOP “pledge” condemned as flim-flam
It's being called a "public relations" ploy, a kind of "Herbert Hoover economics," whose "numbers don't add up.."
Women senators offer bill to compensate Black farmers
WASHINGTON - Senators Kay Hagen and Blanche Lincoln unveiled their bill at a Capitol Hill rally following a march by Black farmers demanding compensation for decades of discrimination.
Over 4 million U.S. citizens denied right to vote
A protest rally calling for restoration of voting rights for ex-felons was held last week at the University of the District of Columbia.
Neighborhood group focuses on Nov. 2
The grassroots are preparing for the Nov. 2 elections in Illinois.
Poverty up, uninsured up
The Great Recession hit home and hit hard in 2009, the Census Bureau said, as the number of uninsured leaped by 4.4 million in one year.
Wisconsin GOP plots vote suppression
A coordinated plot by the Republican Party, tea party and billionaire Koch brothers to suppress the vote in Wisconsin on Election Day has been exposed.
Gold companies make big profits with Glenn Beck
Hate radio is extremely profitable, particularly if you are in the gold business.
Baltimore backs Oct. 2 march
The City Council has voted unanimously to endorse the October 2 One Nation Working Together march, and a local coalition is working to fill 100 buses.
