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Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Law
A demonstrator holds a religious statue outside the Supreme Court in Washington, April 25, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington - Justices across the ideological spectrum …
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Occupy, the 99 Percent Spring, and the New Age of Direct Action
Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring. Over the past several weeks, a broad coalition of progressive organizations—including National People's …
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Home Energy Program in Sonoma a Beacon for Broken National Effort
A judge forces the federal agency that squashed the PACE home energy program to draft rules and start over. At Rod Stevenson's sprawling country home in Santa Rosa, Calif., …
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New York Gives Romney Clean Sweep of Tuesday Primaries
Washington - Mitt Romney won all five Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, effectively ending the GOP nomination battle. The Associated Press called New York for the former Massachusetts governor not …
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Breaking Up With ALEC Is Hard to Do for Johnson & Johnson
As Procter and Gamble became the 13th major American firm to announce that it was dropping its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a few corporations have …
Islamophobic Group Clarion Fund Lends Film Footage for Viral Video Pushing Iran Attack
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported yesterday on a series of viral videos produced by a new organization TheLandOfIsrael.com offering justifications for an Israeli attack on Iran. JTA notes the …
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Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield
Keith Ludlum and Terry Slaughter are two slaughterhouse workers who helped organize the union at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. A bruising 16-year battle, the …
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Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief
Occupy San Francisco protest, November 16, 2011. (Photo: ericwagner) The collective weight of American student debt is a drag not just on those paying the debt, but on our …
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Rupert Murdoch Testifies as Hacking Case Shifts Focus to a Minister
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation in his office in Manhattan in May 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times)London - With a political firestorm …
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Brazilian Mining Giant under Fire for Deaths, Environmental Damage
Rio de Janeiro - Social movements from several countries accused Brazil's Vale, the world's second largest mining company, of causing serious environmental and social damage, as well as the …