Politics
April 7, 2011 -
Number of men killed a year ago this week in an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, W.Va.: 29
April 6, 2011 -
It's official: The South's Latino communities are the fastest-growing in the country. On March 24, the final batch of 2010 Census data was released, and the results were striking: The number of U.S. residents identifying as Hispanic rose 43 percent over the past decade, accounting for 56 percent of the nation's total population increase -- a rate of growth far beyond earlier Census projections.
April 1, 2011 -
Arkansas latest in series of defeats for voter photo ID bills
March 31, 2011 -
By Claudia Rowe, Equal Voice Newspaper
March 31, 2011 -
Profits earned by Exxon Mobil in 2009: $19 billion
March 23, 2011 -
By Mischa Gaus, Labor NotesA dozen weary Steelworkers trekked from Mississippi to Ohio last week, hoping to insert a few uncomfortable questions into the clubby confines of their company's shareholders meeting.Approaching their 10th month on strike, the workers from Omnova Solutions wanted to ask the CEO just how the company had found enough money to grant the CEO a 90 percent pay increase -- boosting his take-home to $3.5 million a year -- while they were asked to forget about seniority and choke down benefit givebacks that amount to a 15 percent pay cut.
March 18, 2011 -
Amount the nuclear power industry spent on lobbying from 2000 to 2010: $600 million Amount the industry spent during that same period on campaign contributions: nearly $63 million
