Voices

June 28, 2011 - The need for comprehensive immigration reform has become even more pressing as immigrants face a hodgepodge of state and local legislative efforts and federal enforcement programs that vary from county to county.

June 23, 2011 -

June 17, 2011 - By Cristina Francisco-McGuire, Progressive States Network The 2008 early vote proved beneficial to progressives, with self-identified Democrats making up a disproportionate share of the early vote. Barack Obama's success in engaging the Democratic base and, in particular, targeting early voters was especially evident in the fact that, though 80% of first-time early

June 10, 2011 - By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest Some right-wingers in Congress appear to be envious of their state

June 2, 2011 - Would-be president Newt Gingrich calls Barack Obama our "most successful food stamp president," Santana gets booed at the "Civil Rights" baseball game in Atlanta for criticizing Georgia's new immigration law, and politicians in Alabama forbid undocumented children from attending the school prom.

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May 17, 2011 - By Joe Atkins, Labor South The recent battle between Boeing and the National Labor Relations Board