Politics
August 17, 2011 -
Thirteen labor unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO are refusing to participate in the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. because of the state's harsh anti-union laws. But that decision isn't sitting well with labor leaders in North Carolina, who helped lobby for Charlotte to be the convention site. North Carolina is the least-unionized state in the nation, with only 3.2 percent of its workers belonging to a union.
August 15, 2011 -
The role that the conservative billionaire Koch brothers' money has played in an ongoing fight over the re-segregation of public schools in one North Carolina community is the focus of a new video from Brave New Foundation, a progressive media organization based in California.
August 11, 2011 -
Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. Devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Japan. The news is filled with vivid stories of disasters, both sudden and -- as with the case of incremental global climate change -- slow-moving.
August 11, 2011 -
Number of model bills and resolutions crafted by the
August 8, 2011 -
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer
