National
A nightmare interrupted: Home foreclosure is postponed
May 12, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. -- When does keeping a promise turn into a nightmare? When it involves a home whose price has ballooned beyond reason, a realtor who fails to make loan terms clear, and a lender who...
Read moreLabor, allies vow Never Again, one year after Postville immigration raid
May 12, 2009POSTVILLE, Ia. — The people of this town will never forget what happened here a year ago, today. At first, there was confusion. There were so many helicopters in the sky and, one by one, they...
Read moreHealth industry goes to White House: real reform or pre-emptive strike?
May 12, 2009Representatives from the nation’s biggest corporate health lobbies, in a White House meeting with President Obama today, offered up a plan to voluntarily reduce health care costs by as much as $2 trillion over 10 years....
Read moreLawmakers try to block new abuse photos
May 12, 2009NEW YORK, May 11 (IPS) - Civil libertarians are condemning a call by two influential U.S. senators for the White House to block the impending release of photographs showing detainees being abused by U.S. military personnel...
Read moreThe progressive roots of Mother’s Day
May 11, 2009Today is the 101st anniversary of Mother's Day as we know it [May 10, 2009]. Over at Beliefnet, popular religion scholar Diana Butler Bass reminds us of the progressive origins of Mother's Day, which started with...
Read more