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Calls for new stimulus as 1 in 6 rely on anti-poverty aid
Aug30
As government figures show anti-poverty programs are serving a record one in six Americans, demands for a second stimulus are heating up.
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Progressive Caucus tells deficit panel: “Take Social Security off the table”
Aug30
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have told the two co-chairs of President Obama's deficit-cutting commission to "take Social Security off the table."
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Protesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
Aug27
LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
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Judge rules for L.A. Clean Trucks Program
Aug27
In a major step forward for better air quality around the nation's ports, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled Aug. 26 that the Port of Los Angeles is within its rights to implement a Clean Trucks Program.
Hysteria over Islamic center claims first victim
New York City taxi driver Ahmed Sharif was stabbed in the throat by a passenger, apparently for the sole reason of being a Muslim.
Iraq/Afghanistan vets give support to Islamic center
Veterans call Islamic center near Ground Zero "about as pro-America as one can get."
Death Row inmate Troy Davis faces execution, again
Troy Davis, an African American man on Georgia's death row, faces execution, again, after a federal judge ruled yesterday, Aug. 25, in a Supreme Court ordered appeal.
Boehner speech offers return to Bush policies
Speaker of the House-hopeful John Boehner offered a return to Republican policies under George Bush in a recent policy speech, which was light on policy, heavy on lies.
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...
