During his presidential campaign, candidate Obama made many promises to veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. However, a new investigative report conducted by ProPublica and NPR shows that President Obama has failed to deliver on most of his promises made as a candidate in term of giving veterans the health care they so desperately need and [...]
Results from the busiest primary day of the midterm elections – with elections in 12 states – show that progressive challengers fell short while Tea Party challengers were much more successful. In two high profile races, the incumbent beat progressive challengers. Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln pulled out a surprising runoff victory over challenger Bill Halter [...]
Editor’s Correction: The glasses being recalled at McDonald’s were distributed by ARC International North America Inc. in Millville, New Jersey. ARC International is based in France, but also has a manufacturing site in China. The NJP is still investigating at what plant the glasses were made. McDonalds is recalling 13 million Shrek glasses that were [...]
On Tuesday, labor saw two of their candidates lose important races. In Long Beach, 7th District City Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga lost her seat to a younger opponent, James Jones. Uranga had been a key ally to unions trying to gain political power in that city. Union members from Los Angeles had been sent to [...]
A second leak, discovered at the Ocean Saratoga rig, is leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Initial reports claim the the volume of crude oil being released is much less than that of the Deepwater Horizon, but a 10 mile long oil slick has been detected by satellite.
