Protests

Anti-choice protestors are increasing in intensity and expanding their presence in the Alabama city of Huntsville. For over a year, they've staked out the Alabama Women's Center and provided sidewalk counseling that takes the form of prayers (through a bullhorn), shouting, graphic signs, and songs (like the unforgettable hit, "Happy Birthday, Dead Baby"). The ramped up effort will include hospitals, private practices and even outside a middle school.

Close to 50 immigration reform activists from TexasRITA, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota and other groups gathered this week at U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold's (R-TX) Corpus Christi office to deliver 10,000 petitions asking for the Congressman's support of immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship.

WI Governor Scott Walker's Act 10 anti-union law has had devastating consequences on unions around the state - exactly what the Governor intended. Tens of thousands of workers have left their unions, and some unions have been rendered nearly functionless.