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Another tragic police shooting in Washington Heights

September 21, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta And Jarvis Tyner

On September 17, over 150 neighbors, family and friends of John Collado marched to the 34th Precinct headquarters demanding justice.

Obama: Fair taxes on the rich will pay for jobs

September 21, 2011 By John Wojcik

President Obama today called for using $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue raised from the wealthy to pay for the American Jobs Act he proposed last week.

Sharp rise in foreclosure notices

September 15, 2011 By Joe Sims

Home foreclosures grew sharply in August, a marked 33 percent increase after slowing to a trickle over the last year, making it the sharpest rise in four years.

In Florida, 98 percent pass state mandated drug test

September 6, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

As results for the first month of Gov. Rick Scott's "drug test the poor" law come in, only 2 percent test positive for illicit drug use. Conflict-of-interest questions also surfaced.

Labor-backed think tank: Another lost generation?

September 6, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

When it comes to income and net wealth, the years since 1983 have been a "lost generation" for all but the richest 5 percent of the U.S., say Larry Mishel and Heidi Shierholz of the Economic...