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After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women building their own …

Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. Detroit is broke. On Thursday, the Motor City became the largest in U.S. history to file for …

A new study reveals states with high school exit exams have higher rates of incarceration and lower graduation rates.

(Photo: Debra Sweet / Flickr)Washington, DC — Courts cannot second-guess drone strikes that kill U.S. citizens overseas, an Obama administration lawyer argued Friday. A Republican-appointed judge sounded dubious about …

As Walmart threatens to take its revenue out of the District, citizens organize to show politicians they serious about raising the minimum wage.

The average citizen facing foreclosure doesn't have the tools to combat big banks, so OccupyHomes is stepping in to give people support against the banks.

Despite billions of dollars in subsidies, professional sports teams often squeeze lowest wage workers; in San Francisco concession workers are fighting back.

The report will not examine the link between the prevalence of birth defects and use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions used during the war and occupation in Iraq, according …

Leaders in the GOP give another gift to the gas industry.

Protests too often get construed as violent actions. People can be angry, passionate, and even militant without being violent.