June 28, 2010
Robert Byrd, the Senate’s longest-serving member, dies at 92 Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin for Elena Kagan Supreme Court effectively overturns Chicago’s handgun ban G8 and G20 meetings wrap up in Canada Street Beat:...
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June 25, 2010
Unemployment insurance extenders stalled again in the Senate Landmark financial reform nears passage Dairy industry anti-trust hearing in Madison Excluded workers strategize at the US Social Forum Post-doctoral researchers in University of California labor...
June 24, 2010
SCOTUS rules on campaign disclosure The Gulf oil disaster and the US Social Forum Court sides with Boys Scouts in discrimination case Mexican activist comes out of hiding to seek asylum in Venezuela Proposed...
June 23, 2010
General McChrystal resigns as head of US military operations in Afghanistan Landmark evidentiary hearing for Troy Davis Oil worker safety questioned on Capitol Hill White House will appeal judicial blocking of offshore drilling moratorium...
June 22, 2010
Senate report shows reconstruction in Haiti is slowing Obama administration lays out strategy to eliminate homelessness Lawmakers wrangle over financial reform legislation Supreme Court rules on genetically modified crop case US Social Forum opens...
June 21, 2010
Supreme Court rules on Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project Kimberley Process meeting to weigh allegations against Zimbabwe Former Defense Minister wins Colombian election Picket action targets Israeli cargo ship in Port of Oakland Sand...
June 18, 2010
Democrats take on court decision on campaign spending Feds refuse entry to US citizens Poor People’s Campaign fights racism and manufacturers in Benton Harbor, Michigan Drop out rates stay high in America’s urban high...
June 17, 2010
BP’s CEO questioned before Congressional panel for company’s role in oil disaster Whistleblower says another BP oil rig poses greater risk to Gulf Coast region Senate takes up US-Russia nuclear arms treaty Final arguments...
June 16, 2010
BP agrees to $20 billion independent fund for Gulf spill victims: groups push for criminal accountability for BP Lawmakers question Petreaus over troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Argentine supreme court expands media access Prison radio...
June 15, 2010
Vietnamese in Gulf Coast face extra hurdle in getting BP compensation Supreme court rules against deportation for minor drug offenses Congress closes in on financial reform with focus on derivatives and consumer protection Aid...
