Voter protection volunteers to monitor polls in voting rights battlegrounds
Voter protection monitors will be in Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin on November 4 to help clear any voting barriers.
NLRB protects Facebook time for workers
NLRB moved to protect workers' Facebook discussions about employers who shorted their state withholding taxes leaving them stuck with unanticipated bills.
Turnout is the wildcard in Texas election
What could make all polls obsolete is voter turnout: labor and the progressive forces are knocking themselves out to increase it!
Walmart worker explains why she shut down Park Ave.
"One week, after I paid rent, I only had $6 leftover for groceries and bills; that is no way to live."
Peaceful Ferguson protests could spark new civil rights movement
What is now known as Ferguson October could go down in the history books as the spark that ignited the new civil rights movement.
Progressive mayors lead campaign to hike minimum wage
They also committed their cities to raise minimum wages, but said a national effort is needed.
Court's order effectively makes gay marriage legal now in 30 states
The Supreme Court unexpectedly and tersely turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit gay and lesbian unions
Connecticut activists mark Freedom Summer anniversary
The powerful presentation and discussion involved sharing of Mississippi experiences, and throughout the leitmotif repeated: "Organize! Organize! Organize!"
State of Florida itself at stake on November 4
Florida's governor, Rick Scott, has either stood by and let the degradation of the state occur or has actively contributed to it.
Virginia congressional race focuses on women's issues
So in this year's November 4 midterms, the question is once more whether the Democrats can turn out enough voters.
