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As Mike Bettes chased a tornado in Oklahoma Friday, the twister was hot on the heels of his SUV. He realized he wasn't going to make it as his truck was lifted up into the air.“It really felt like at that moment I was going to heaven," he said Sunday on TODAY. Bettes is an experienced meteorologist with The Weather Channel, but his credentials were no match for the ferocity of the storm. His harr...
Join David Moberg on Tuesday, June 4, 3–4 p.m. EDT for the fifth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people. Moberg, senior editor at In These Times—and the AFL-CIO—want to hear your ideas on new ways the labor movement should change or adjust its structure. He poses this question:Would unions need to change their organizational structure or methods in order to mobilize workers for large-scale initiatives that could strengthen the labor movement?
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service, already under fire after officials disclosed that the agency targeted conservative groups, faces increased scrutiny because of an inspector general's report that it spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.The report by the Treasury Department's inspector general about conference spending is set to be re...
Drought-fueled wildfires raged in New Mexico and California early Monday, including a 25,000-acre blaze that threatened 1,000 homes and is predicted to burn for another week.Six homes were destroyed and nine other buildings damaged in the Powerhouse wildfire near the high-desert city of Lancaster, about 65 miles outside Los Angeles, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Lee Bentley told NBCLosAngeles.com...
Michele Bachmann's taking a bow. Sarah Palin's star has faded. With the brassy, blow-dried bombasts of the GOP moving to the sidelines, there's no elected heir apparent to inherit the mad mom mantle and carry the conservative crusade forward on the national stage.What does that mean for a Republican Party struggling to woo the women voters it needs to win national elections?It may be for the best,...
