October 15, 2009 -
President Obama arrives in New Orleans today for his first visit to the Gulf Coast since he won the presidency.
October 15, 2009 -
By Sean Sellers, Labor Notes
October 14, 2009 -
Coal industry supporters turned out in big numbers for public hearings held yesterday on an Obama administration proposal to more strictly regulate mountaintop removal mining -- and some of them attempted to shout down opponents of the environmentally destructive practice.
October 14, 2009 -
A student at a public high school in Copiah County, Miss. is fighting back after being excluded from her high school yearbook for wearing men's clothing in her class photo.
October 14, 2009 -
By Aaron Glantz, New America Media