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College enrollment in 2012 declined by nearly a half million students compared to a year earlier, according to new figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau, with students over the age of 25 leading the miniature exodus from higher learning.
WASHINGTON -- A Navy Criminal Investigative Service special agent testified Tuesday that one of three men accused of raping a Naval Academy midshipman gave investigators a detailed account of consensual sex with the alleged victim the night of the alleged attack.
Several dozen Washington, D.C., community, faith and worker activists brought concrete evidence to Mayor Vincent C. Gray that district voters believe workers deserve a living wage, when they delivered 31,917 signatures on a petition urging Gray to sign the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA).
September marks nuptial season across part of the American military as gay and lesbian troops cash in new, Pentagon-granted leaves to tie the knot.
A federal jury in New York has rejected the argument that use of the N-word among blacks can be a culturally acceptable term of love and endearment, deciding its use in the workplace is hostile and discriminatory no matter what.
An 11-year-old girl who was shot and killed while rocking her baby cousin to sleep will be remembered at a vigil near her New Orleans home on Tuesday night.
In the months leading up to the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention, we've been listening to people online and in our communities during listening sessions, hearing your ideas on how we can build a more robust movement for working people now and in the future. Check out this new video in the post to see what happened during these sessions, and don't forget to leave your comments online at aflcio2013.org.
A high school teacher in Montana who was sent to jail for only 30 days for having sex with a 14-year-old student who later killed herself has sparked protests and calls for the judge to resign, and now, prosecutors in the case are vowing to appeal.
Activists are turning up the volume on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and making sure that more of America’s working families learn about this trade and globalization deal being negotiated by 12 countries (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States). The deal, which is shaping up to be a “supersize” NAFTA, could affect everything from wages and job creation, to food safety, prescription drug costs, clean air and water, worker bargaining power and even the ability of states to prefer American-made products.
More than 250 searchers continued their hunt for a U.S. Forest Service firefighter who went missing in New Mexico on Friday while scouting a wildfire.
