Budget Cuts

Bush tax cuts for the rich puts GOP in hot seat

July 26, 2010 By John Wojcik

As the November elections get closer Republicans have another reason to worry.

New Jersey forces families into “pay to play” scheme

July 5, 2010 By Vinnie Amoriello

Ever since the November elections, the New Jersey middle class has been under attack from their newly-elected governor, Chris Christie.

Disabled protest Calif. budget cuts

June 28, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

For the second time in five weeks, dozens of men and women with disabilities and their caregivers camped out for days on a grassy traffic island here last week, protesting Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to...

Texas poor say “No more!”

June 24, 2010

DALLAS -- Local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Dallas Peace Center and others called a "Poor People's Rally" outside City Hall here, June 23.

New Chicago teacher’s union leader vows fight against layoffs

June 17, 2010 By John Bachtell

Angered by devastating budget cuts, threatened layoffs and school privatization, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted in a new leadership June 10.