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Democracy by appointment only

August 3, 2011

Eighty-year old Jan Sanders, a well known Democratic Party activist, went up to the senator's office, but found it locked.

Spider-Man spins web of racial diversity

August 2, 2011 By Blake Skylar

When it comes to racial diversity in comic books, the times are changing for the better.

Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis

August 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.

Verizon workers, allies stage massive contract rally

August 2, 2011 By Gary Bono

Verizon, which earns billions in profits and whose chief officer makes $55,000 per day, is attacking the working conditions, health benefits and pensions of its unionized workforce.

Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little

August 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...