Editors' Blog
Call for unemployment benefits extension – today
The following is from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, civilrights.org:
Thoughts On Left Criticism of Obama
Thoughts on Left criticism of Obama: The Left press and blogosphere is rife with analyses on the mistakes of the Obama administration that allegedly 'caused' the Republican resurgence in the mid-term elections.
GOP Members of Congress Should Reject Taxpayer Funded Health Care Plan
Today, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) called on Republican Members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to abstain from enrolling in the Federal Employees’ Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP).
Global warming produces cold weather extremes
Right-wing thick heads like to joke that global warming is good because it makes the weather nicer.
Momentum on "don't ask, don't tell" repeal grows
This past week the Human Rights Campaign released this statement on the work to end homophobic discriminatory military policy:
Right-wing deficit proposals are job killers
Neither the Republican's nor the deficit commission's respective budget plans do enough to create jobs or promote economic recovery said AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka this week.
Sexism behind GOP's filibuster of Paycheck Fairness
After Senate Republicans filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act yesterday it is pretty clear they have become emboldened to turn Congress into a big log-jam that harms working families.
Republicans filibuster paycheck fairness
Senate Republicans unanimously filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would have provided women with legal tools to fight job discrimination and close the gender wage gap.
If Wall Street reform was so meaningless, why do they want to roll it back?
Here is a new report from McClatchy on Wall Street expectations for Republicans in the new session of Congress:
