Elections
Hoffa holds tea party responsible for “tremendous war on workers”
September 14, 2012The tea party has taken over the Republican Party and produced "craziness" there and is responsible for the "tremendous war on workers" now being waged nationwide, Teamsters President James Hoffa says.
Read moreGOP willing to sabotage economy to win “last stand” election
September 13, 2012Mitt Romney and his fellow Republicans are a cynical and calculating bunch. They are extremists the likes of which we have never seen in American politics.
Read moreRomney’s Bain victims set up protest camp
September 12, 2012Workers whose jobs are about to be outsourced by Bain Capital are gathering in "Bainport," an encampment they are building across the road from the Sensata factory here.
Read morePennsylvania high court to rule on massive vote suppression law
September 12, 2012Estimates are that the law will disenfranchise one in 10 eligible voters - mostly people of color, students, seniors and low-income voters.
Read moreWhy I’m voting for Obama and Democrats as a person of faith
September 12, 2012This season overlaps with another period of reflection on the theme of outgoing and incoming: the end of President Obama's first term and his re-election to a second.
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