Elections
Union women jump into fight for jobless benefits
December 16, 2011The Coalition of Labor Union Women and a wide range of other women's groups are banding together to push their issues to the fore in the 2012 election.
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84-year-old Wisconsin woman told to pay $200 poll tax
December 14, 2011The Justice Department says it is looking carefully at the voter suppression laws put through by Republican lawmakers all over the country.
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Despite attack ads, Elizabeth Warren gains steam (with video)
December 14, 2011Elizabeth Warren's campaign to defeat tea-party darling Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., has surged to frontrunner status.
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Senate to hold hearings on early voting restrictions
December 12, 2011As thousands of civil rights and labor groups marched in New York City against Koch brothers funded and GOP-led efforts to suppress voting rights, the U.S. Senate scheduled January hearings on the issue.
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Thousands gather at UN for voting rights
December 12, 2011They came in the thousands to let the forces of reaction know that their voting rights - rights that were fought and died for - will not be taken away.
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