politics
Leonard Weinglass, defender of civil rights, dies
March 29, 2011All lovers of human and civil rights were saddened last week to hear of the passing of the outstanding attorney Leonard Weinglass, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on March 23.
Read moreArizona Senate rejects anti-immigrant bills
March 18, 2011Arizona Republican lawmakers have finally decided some anti-immigrant bills go too far, and joined with Democrats in defeating five of them.
Read moreLabor switches to defense on legislative agenda
March 14, 2011Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO legislative director, explains the new math on Capitol Hill and in state houses around the country, and its impact on labor's agenda.
Read moreMexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
Read moreObama makes historic move on same-sex marriage rights
February 24, 2011A federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional says the Obama administration, which has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending it in courts nationwide.
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