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Yesterday, America's unions and working families thanked the men and women who served our country on Veterans Day. In case you missed it, here's a Huffington Post column from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and J. David Cox, chair of the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council and president of AFGE: Is This How to Salute a Veteran?
The United States is currently negotiating a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with China. When most people think of a “bit,” they think of something that goes in a horse’s mouth, or maybe a small piece of something. Unfortunately, this kind of BIT can be much more harmful than either of those things. A BIT is a treaty between two countries in which each country promises to give rights and privileges—but impose no obligations—to investors from the other country. Usually these investors are large corporations. If you wonder why the United States would negotiate a treaty that grants rights and privileges to foreign corporations (rights and privileges home-grown corporations don’t have, by the way), you’re not alone.
Walmart workers in Seattle-area stores will strike this morning, just days after Southern California Walmart workers walked off the job calling for a living wage and an end to retaliation against workers who are seeking change at the retail behemoth.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down another opportunity to take up a state restriction on abortion that was ruled unconstitutional by a lower court.
In the aftermath of the devastation from Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, one of the worst storms on record, the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a project of National Nurses United (NNU), has put out a call for volunteers and donations through its vast network of direct-care nurses both nationally and internationally. After a request sent out this weekend from RNRN, within five hours, 370 RNs already had signed up to help.
A woman whose toddler was abducted by her estranged husband and taken to Mexico three decades ago recently discovered her son is back in the United States.Kathy Amaya told NBC 7 she hasn’t seen her son David since he was just a toddler.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) have released important research about the economy in the past few weeks. Here's a look at some of the key pieces they have uncovered about the U.S. economy.
An arctic blast from Canada brought winter-like temperatures across a wide swath of the country early Tuesday.The strong cold front moved toward the East Coast and the Gulf Coast and was expected to head out to sea on Wednesday.
The upcoming sentencing of Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger is pitting two figures from his sensational trial against each other: the brother of a victim who wants closure and a juror who says she's "ashamed" of her verdict.
