More than 200 citizens from across the country have descended on the nation's capital to lobby for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The effort comes as the Obama administration is about to release guidelines for mining operators aimed at curbing MTR's destructive impact on waterways. More...

International Women's Day often gets short shrift in the United States, but women's groups in one Texas city are raising its profile -- and a little hell -- while bolstering a hotel organizing drive. More...

Bus drivers at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa struck Monday after nine months of bargaining left their employer -- a contractor -- still demanding at-will employment and frozen wages. More...

Over 600 activists and leading conservatives gathered this weekend at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Is the tea party cause for real -- and can it succeed in the long march for political power? More...

The Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. was a birthplace of the sit-in movement that helped topple Jim Crow segregation. Today, on the 50th anniversary of the first sit-in there, it opens as a civil rights museum. More...

Historian Charles McKinney argues that instead of viewing King as a blandly good "black Santa Claus," we need to remember him as a complicated leader whose faith put him in opposition not only to Jim Crow but an entire system of poverty and war. More...

After 12 months with Democrats in charge of Washington, there have been few gains on financial regulation, the climate crisis and union organizing. It's easy to point to the corrupting effect of campaign contributions and lobbyists, but progressives also deserve blame. More...

A celebration of the life of the noted union organizer is set for Saturday, Jan. 9 in Greensboro, N.C. The event will also be streamed live over the Internet. More...