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New Calif. coalition formed to blunt foreclosure crisis

March 18, 2011

If the state's foreclosure rate continues unchecked, the combined costs to homeowners, the property tax base, and local governments could reach $1 trillion.

Across Ohio, thousands protest Kasich slash-and-burn plan

March 17, 2011 By Rick Nagin

More than 10,000 Ohioans held angry protests Tuesday in dreary cold rain in 18 cities and towns throughout the state against Republican Gov. John Kasich's extremist, slash-and-burn budget proposals.

Jefferson rally protests union busting bill

March 17, 2011 By Wally Kaufman

Huddling under a sea of umbrellas on a cold, rainy day, hundreds of union workers and their supporters rallied while chanting "Union Yes" and singing "Which side are you on."

“States’ rights” Republicans killing democracy, state by state

March 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.

Miami protests anti-immigrant bills

March 14, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Opponents say if Republicans get their way on immigration in Florida, social, civil and even economic life in Miami and around the state could be severely disrupted.