U.S.
A letter to my brother Newt Gingrich
November 25, 2008From Huffington Post Dear Newt, I recently had the displeasure of watching you bash the protestors of the Prop 8 marriage ban to Bill O'Reilly on FOX News. I must say, after years of watching you...
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Fight for working people has just begun, labor leaders say
November 23, 2008To turn economy around, more union members are necessary WASHINGTON, D.C. – When you approach the building that houses the national offices of the AFL-CIO in the shadow of the Washington Monument here the first thing...
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Freeze foreclosures and heat up jobs plan, spirited rally tells Congress
November 22, 2008CHICAGO – Dozens of labor and community activists rallied here in front of the Federal Building Nov. 21 urging Congress to put a freeze on home foreclosures and to bail out Main Street, not Wall Street,...
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Whos on deck for Obama appointments?
November 22, 2008It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some...
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Communists call for urgent action on crisis
November 21, 2008NEW YORK — Communist Party USA leaders meeting here Nov. 15-16 celebrated the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, and of stronger Democratic majorities in Congress, saying it opened the way to...
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