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Choosing common sense over lunacy

September 14, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Millions were horrified when the tea party audience shouted "yeah" and cheered at the suggestion that a sick man with no health insurance should be allowed to die.

Close race for Weiner’s Congress seat

September 13, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Democrats are making a last minute push today, the day of the special election in New York's 9th Congressional District, where the surprisingly embattled Democratic candidate David Weprin is predicted to lose Republican Bob Turner.

Retiree group working to get seniors to back Obama

September 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.

Connecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012

September 8, 2011 By Tom Connolly

This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.

Ohio Republican forced to retract voter supression threat

August 31, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Facing calls by area members of Congress for a Justice Department investigation, Secretary of State John Husted retracted a threat not to process mail ballot applications sent to voters by the Cuyahoga County government.