Task force confronts at-risk pensions for 10 million workers
The 2007-08 financial crisis, spurred by Wall Street's "casino capitalism," still threatens pension plans that affect 10 million workers.
U.S. Supreme Court hears Calif. marriage equality case
Another milestone was crossed March 26 in Californians' years-long quest for marriage equality.
Minimum wage workers press Senate for hike
WASHINGTON - For seven years, Carolle Fleurio has been a cook at a family restaurant in Stockbridge, Ga., and even though she enjoys the job, she told a Senate panel here, it's tough to raise a family on $8 an hour.
Today in women's history: ERA sent to states for ratification
On March 21, 1972, Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment fell three states short of being ratified, but the struggle continues to this day.
Government urged to curb wage theft
Wage theft comes through arbitrary employer rulings that workers are "independent contractors." That's a form of fraud that hurts workers, honest employers and governments, too,
Graduate workers at UIC rally
The Graduate Employees Organization at the University of Illinois at Chicago held a rally titled "Don't Make Us Strike" to protest the stalling of their negotiations for a contract by the administration.
Today in women's history: Long live Fannie Lou Hamer
On this day in 1977 Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer passed away.
Good news for Alabama: Angela Davis to be honored
"The south does have a rich tradition of progressives. It might be thin, but it's strong."
19 arrested in attempt to stop school closings
The mood was boisterous and upbeat as some 2,000 demonstrators massed outside Philadelphia School District headquarters in an attempt to stop threatened closing of nearly 30 public schools.
Today in women's history: International Women's Day
March 8, International Women's Day, grew from two sources -- the struggle of working women to form trade unions and the fight for women's right to vote.
