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Obama administration seeks strong mercury regulation

May 24, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Bush administration's goal was to block EPA efforts to regulate mercury, a poison emitted by power plants.

Three Wisconsin Republicans will face recalls, and maybe more

May 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

MADISON, Wis. - After a historic signature collection drive mounted by unions and their allies, three of the GOP senators who rammed through Gov. Scott Walker's bill to kill collective bargaining rights for state workers will...

Michigan’s 2012 battleground wars have begun

May 24, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The goal for the next few months should be to rebuild the coalition of communities and movements that brought Barack Obama to the White House in 2008.

Political murder in Vietnamese America – a new film

May 24, 2011 By Nadya Williams

An unexplored and deadly consequence of the Vietnam war occurred on U.S. soil - the political assassinations of six Vietnamese-Americans, five of them journalists - between 1981 and 1990.

PATRIOT Act reauthorization move demands reforms

May 24, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Senate voted Monday, May 23, to go forward with debate on reauthorization of several provisions of the Patriot Act. Media reports indicated that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,...