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Gay marriage passes Jersey senate, becomes law in Washington state

February 15, 2012 By Blake Skylar

New Jersey's Senate passed a bill approving the legalization of gay marriage by a vote of 24-16

Court hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure

February 15, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.

Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders

February 14, 2012 By John Wojcik

The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.

Environmental groups unite to stop Keystone XL

February 14, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Aactivist group 350 called on everyone to send half a million messages to the Senate by the end of the day demanding "back the President and make sure this pipeline doesn't get built."

Labor groups defend different pieces of national health care law

February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the national health care revision law yet to fully take effect, but under challenge before the Supreme Court, six labor organizations have stepped forward, four of them joining other groups, to defend different parts of...