Republicans

Republicans set to kill mortgage assistance programs

February 3, 2011 By Joe Sims

Republican members of Congress have set their sight on gutting assistance to troubled homeowners at risk of foreclosure.

Your mailman contemplates Obamacare

February 3, 2011 By John Dick

As this national debate plays out, I hope we all take some time to stop and really consider what kind of nation we want to leave our children.

Calif. governor: “No time for politics as usual”

February 3, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Gov. Jerry Brown invoked the struggles for democracy in Egypt and Tunisia as he called for "turning to the people" for "a clear mandate"

GOP economic plans signal class war on working families

February 1, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Detailed analysis of House Republican economic proposals reveals an extreme agenda that few Americans would have knowingly voted for.

OSHA backtracks on documenting ergonomic injuries

February 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Responding to what it called complaints by "small business," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration retreated from even the mild ergonomics proposal it had planned for later this year.