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Progressives say election may bolster social safety net

October 1, 2012 By John Wojcik

The increasingly likely win by President Obama may amount to a mandate to preserve, if not extend, the social safety net and the social insurance programs.

“Adios Arpaio” campaign heats up in Arizona

October 1, 2012 By Joe Bernick

The notoriously racist Tea Party darling likes to call himself "the toughest sheriff in the country," but it seems he is afraid to openly debate his main opponent.

Black Caucus meet: “Vote like you never did before!”

September 28, 2012 By Jarvis Tyner

Some 10,000 participants from all over the country gathered here at the Congressional Black Caucus annual meeting earlier this month to listen, discuss and speak their minds.

Mexican supermarket workers and union condemn E-Verify

September 28, 2012 By David Bacon

Mexican supermarket (mercado) workers, supporters and union organizers marched through the Latino immigrant community on San Jose's East Side.

Unions back universities in race and admissions Supreme Court case

September 28, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Declaring that, still, "race matters" in schools and society, unionsare siding with top universities in a U.S. Supreme Court case on the role of race in college admissions.