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San Francisco, California - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm joined 1400 hotel workers and their supporters last week as they rallied and marched to …

Airtime: Friday, January 15, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings).

New figures released this week by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) show a dramatic increase in suicide among veterans aged 18 to 29 years old, due in large …

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the Library of Congress on behalf of Col. Morris Davis, the former top prosecutor at Guantanamo and an …

The International Red Cross estimates as many as three million people may have been left homeless by Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. With daylight, a clearer assessment of the scale …

Fire hydrants deserve more respect. They are utilitarian and ubiquitous icons of America's urban landscape, yet they're rarely noticed by anyone but dogs — who give them no respect …

The centrist natives of Washington are banding together to defend their faith-based totem: the wildly unpopular excise tax on high-cost health plans. They and some of their academic allies …

There's a phrase originating with the peace activism of the American Quaker movement: “Speak Truth to Power.” One can hardly speak more directly to power than addressing the presidential …

Why same-sex marriage is an American value. Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's …

A new study[1] exposes the impact of the emerging global infrastructure market and widening use of Public Private Partnerships, which is fueling a new era of public asset sales …