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Congressional Black Caucus jobs hearings begin in Cleveland

August 8, 2011 By Joe Sims

With African American unemployment at over 16 percent, the Congressional Black Caucus has launched a series of public hearings and jobs fairs across the country during the month of August.

Rally: Hands off big 3 – Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (video)

July 29, 2011 By Jim Baldridge

It was billed as a vigil, but it was clearly a thumpin' rally of 300 people saying "Hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."

Members of Congress say: Leave Iraq this year

July 29, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Less than 50,000 U.S. troops now remain in Iraq. The Pentagon has been encouraging the Iraqi government to ask for an extension of their presence.

Elizabeth Warren falls on her sword

July 19, 2011 By John Case

Elizabeth Warren represented the moral opposite of the decadence in Wall Street that nearly ruined, and may yet ruin, the whole nation.

Eric Cantor: GOP drama queen with an agenda

July 18, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

Cantor's most cruel political grandstanding came after the terrible tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds this year. Cantor proclaimed that he would block all federal relief funding for the suffering people of Joplin...