Congress
Emergency action urged on unemployment benefits
January 2, 2014Call Congress at 1-877-318-0483 with the message "extend unemployment insurance now."
Read more1.3 million jobless could go over the cliff Dec. 28
December 10, 2013"I was once the main breadwinner but now we are not really able to make ends meet."
Read moreGOP blocks immigration reform
December 3, 2013As the year 2013 draws to an end, the fight for immigrants' rights, and especially for the legalization of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants believed to be in the United States, continues.
Read moreObamacare: Grumbling is not enough
November 26, 2013It is amazing how fast momentum can shift in politics. And it usually happens for reasons that could not have been predicted.
Read moreSenate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP “pirates”
November 22, 2013On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.
Read more