Texas
Progressive center machine-gunned
July 16, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Southwest Workers Union's living quarters was sprayed with semi-automatic rifle fire July 11, leaving a 23-year-old intern in critical condition.
Read moreLa Raza conference: Overturn Arizona law
July 15, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Some 30,000 participants turned out for the National Council of La Raza annual conference here last weekend, where a major focus was Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070 law.
Read moreCheers for our side!
July 12, 2010Cheers and jeers: Frogs and workers? Texas turning blue? Republicans going Green? Obama a Communist? and more.
Read moreJobs stats prompt demand for action
July 5, 2010DALLAS - North Texas Jobs with Justice initiated a news conference on July 2 as the regular first-Friday unemployment statistics were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read moreChavez-Thompson energizes labor
June 28, 2010The governor's race may get the highest media profile and the most campaign donations, but it's Linda Chavez-Thompson for Texas Lieutenant Governor that really puts fire underneath union activists.
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