Community Action

July 26, 2006 - News that car makers Nissan, GM and Renault SA may be teaming up for a "global alliance" is making waves in the auto industry, especially among workers.

July 25, 2006 - Several states around the South are offering sales tax holidays for back-to-school purchases this year, including four for the first time:

February 22, 2006 - It's official -- the Progressive Legislative Action Netwo

January 18, 2006 - Yesterday, the Supreme Court made a key decision which even federal officals admit will have major implications for free speech across the country.

January 16, 2006 - For those of you in central North Carolina, I'll be speaking at a "teach-in" at Duke University about the politics of Hurricane Katrina today.

December 6, 2005 - We reported last week on Hampton University (Virginia), a historically black college where students were rounded up by police and faced expulsion for holding a peaceful demonstration.

November 21, 2005 - This weekend, about 100 protesters descended on the sleepy North Carolina town of Smithfield -- a place that looks sleepy, but which plays a big role in one of the more unseemly sides of U.S. foreign policy.