News
Mine workers: Federal mine safety agency’s deficiencies helped lead to fatal disaster
March 9, 2012Mine Workers Pres. Cecil Roberts adds the agency was also victim of lack of funds and mis-directed priorities imposed by the GOP Bush government in the years before the blast.
Read more
Wisconsin judge halts state photo ID law for April 3 election
March 9, 2012Calling it "the single most restrictive voter eligibility law" in the nation, Judge David Flanagan issued a temporary injunction stopping the state's requirement to show a photo ID in the April 3 elections.
Read more
227,000 jobs added, jobless rate steady at 8.3 percent
March 9, 2012The economy added 227,000 jobs in February with the official unemployment rate staying at 8.3 percent according to new figures released this morning.
Read more
Appeals urged to release Iranian teacher sentenced to death
March 9, 2012CODIR is calling for pressure to on the government of of Iran in the case of a school teacher who has been sentenced to death.
Read more
Highway mass transit bill hits rocky road
March 9, 2012The GOP-run House has split into warring factions over its version - so much so that Republican leaders are threatening their own caucus.
Read more