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After the tea party “wave” election of 2010, corporations used their army of lobbyists to push legislation in states aimed to lower living standards and undermine workers’ rights. Here are some of their most outrageous attacks on working people.
By Tony Dokoupil, Senior Staff Writer, NBC News OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – In the history of oil, this month will figure as a tipping point, the moment America gurgled past Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s petroleum king.
The family of the accused gunman in last week's Los Angeles airport rampage broke their silence Monday to express sympathy for the victims and pledge love and support for the suspect.
Central Connecticut State University, a public university in New Britain, Connecticut, has issued a campus emergency alert.They are asking everyone on campus to seek shelter, stay indoors, lock doors and close windows.
A Georgia man was arrested after he flicked his cigarette lighter near the gas tank of his truck and touched off an explosion and fire that left his wife with second- and third-degree burns to her head, arms and legs, authorities said.
As food stamps, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, saw its first cuts Friday, you would think that the biggest opponent of slashing those benefits would be Walmart. The retail giant is the biggest beneficiary of the program's funds, which subsidizes its workforce and provides a significant revenue stream for the company.
Security at the nation's airports will be reviewed in the wake of last week's deadly ambush of Transportation Security Administration officers at Los Angeles International Airport, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.
You don't have to be a doctor at Johns Hopkins to know black lung disease when you see it. I know firsthand because I've seen it. I've seen it kill my father, my grandfathers and uncles. They were all coal miners who breathed coal dust for years until their scarred lungs could no longer work and they suffocated.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case concerning a state law in Oklahoma that cracked down on the use of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486, meaning a state court ruling invalidating the statute remains intact.
A 19-year-old New York University student who went missing over the weekend was found trapped in a narrow gap between a dorm and a neighboring parking garage in lower Manhattan, where rescuers had to break through a wall Sunday night to free him.
