In rural Ashtabula, Ohio, rally calls for GOP defeat
ASHTABULA, Ohio -- Labor, civil rights, family farm and community allies rallied here Aug. 21 to kick off the campaign to elect Democrats in November.
Guess where BP is dumping its oil-spill waste?
Sixty one percent of the British Petroleum oil-spill waste is being dumped in communities largely made up of people of color.
Chamber of Commerce vows to elect best Congress its money can buy
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending huge sums of money on this fall's elections, giving fresh meaning to Will Roger's quip that "We have the best Congress money can buy."
GOP candidate Dino Rossi wins "crooked" listing
The Republican Senate candidate in Washington state, Dino Rossi, has been listed as one of 12 "crooked candidates" in 2010 by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Corporate agribusiness threatens Ohio’s lakes
Ohio lakes are full of algae blooms, which pose a serious environmental and public health crisis.
Ohio’s Fisher slams Senate opponent on jobs
In a blistering attack, Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate said Rob Portman, his Republican opponent, had "sold out American workers."
Latino civil rights pioneer Mario G. Obledo dies at 78
Mario Guerra Obledo, a son of Mexican immigrants who became a champion of civil rights and the first Latino official to head a California state agency, died Aug. 18 at age 78.
Cheers for Anne Feeney, jeers to Chamber of Commerce
CHEERS for troubadour Anne Feeney, who has sung her lungs out to help America's workers.
Factory farms exposed in recall of half billion eggs
WASHINGTON---The recall of half a billion eggs blamed in a nationwide salmonella outbreak has pushed to the top of the Senate agenda enactment of a long-stalled bill to strengthen federal food safety enforcement.
One hot August...city cuts protested
DALLAS - Local politics and thermometers are breaking over the top in this part of the Sun Belt.
