Elections
Struggle over elections continues in Mexico
July 24, 2012Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his coalition are asking the Federal Electoral Institute's electoral court to annul the presidential election.
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Study says race is driving voter ID laws
July 24, 2012What is really behind the rash of new voter identification laws? We have available a scientific answer, one not distorted by political rhetoric or blatantly ridiculous reasons.
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Michigan’s John Conyers: Tireless champion for jobs and voting rights
July 24, 2012What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.
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GOP shoots down another jobs bill
July 20, 2012Once again, a planned Senate Republican filibuster brought down a jobs bill, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
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Illinois Bain victims want action from GOP lawmakers
July 19, 2012The 170 workers whose jobs are slated to be shipped to China and the town's mayor are pressing their representatives to keep the jobs here.
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