Elections

All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance

January 13, 2012 By John Rummel

"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

Missourians push to cap payday loan interest rates

January 13, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky

Payday loan companies can charge up to 1,950 percent interest; Missouri voters may be able to change that in November.

Lessons from the grassroots for 2012

January 13, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

Last fall's municipal elections in New Haven, Conn., made history. The implications, if heeded, bode well for 2012.

Romney scores not-so-big win as Republicans argue over “vulture capitalism”

January 11, 2012 By John Wojcik

Mitt Romney, "frontrunner" for the GOP presidential nomination, emerged as the leading candidate with only 37 percent of the vote.

Supreme Court takes case that would cripple labor’s political activity

January 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Yet another right-wing attempt to curb unions' political activism, by cutting off money, landed before the Supreme Court today.