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‘He asked for mercy and was given none’

January 13, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. — In the wake of the shooting of unarmed Oscar Grant III, 22, by Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman Johannes Mehserle early New Years morning, a broad movement is growing for far greater citizen...

The iron fist in Texas is on his way out

January 13, 2009 By James Thompson

The iron fist in Texas is on his way out. No, not George Bush. Texas House Speaker Republican Tom Craddick has withdrawn his candidacy for a fourth term as Speaker of the Texas State House of...

House passes two major working family bills: Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act

January 12, 2009 By John Wojcik

Lilly Ledbetter says she knows she’ll never recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars she lost from her paychecks because of nearly 20 years of pay discrimination.

California budget: Back to Square One, as disaster looms

January 9, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

he Gordian knot that is California’s budget process got a lot more complicated this week, as Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 6 vetoed a complex of compromise budget measures legislative Democrats sent him for signature, after...

Politics, people, profits — 2008 headline review

January 9, 2009 By Teresa Albano

There are a lot of headlines in a year. Looking through ours, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to notice that the presidential elections and the economy topped the list. But our stories illuminated the events...