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In Connecticut the fight for jobs is on

August 11, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

"Connecticut workers want Congress to act on the jobs crisis with the same urgency that was brought to the manufactured political crisis over the debt ceiling."

Congreswoman introduces emergency jobs bill

August 11, 2011 By John Wojcik

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., plans to introduce the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, which will put over 2 million people to work.

Wisconsin recall drive falls one seat short

August 10, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

With the GOP holding a 19-14 lead in the state senate, labor-backed Democrats needed to win three of the six races to wrest control.

Philip Levine named country’s poet laureate

August 10, 2011 By Hillel Italie

Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate.

Mississippi is still burning, vicious murder shows

August 10, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

This crime, tragic and vile as it is, seems to only be the latest example of long-standing racism that appears to permeate Mississippi to the core.