By Ryan Duncan In this episode of "A Quick Minute with Gwen," our President Gwen McKinney sits down to discuss the recent presidential election in America. There were many victories to celebrate, including Obama's stellar re-election as our nation's President. But Gwen makes a point to celebrate the biggest loser of... Read More

You probably heard about Tuesday's recall election against Wisconsin Rep. Governor Scott Walker. Gov. Walker, who faced major public outcry over his dismantling of unions and removal of public bargaining in his state, has survived the recall effort against him and now remains governor of Wisconsin. Many democrats, progressives and... Read More

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Earlier this week we witnessed the 20th GOP Presidential Candidate debate, as if we hadn't heard these men bicker enough. The glaring issue that emerged from these debates had nothing to do... Read More

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. It’s been a rough couple of weeks for women’s rights. On February 16, Foster Friess, one of Rick Santorum’s prominent donors, set the Twitter world ablaze with his infamous Aspirin-between-the-legs remark. And while Santorum responded by saying he’s not responsible for his supporters’ comments, women across the... Read More

  In January, the Obama administration announced that health insurance companies will be required to provide free birth control by 2013. But as opposition to the mandate continues to gain momentum—mainly among Republican presidential candidates, the Roman Catholic church and some conservative groups—Planned Parenthood urges women to take matters into their... Read More

Today GOP presidential candiate Mitt Romney said, "I'm not concerned about the very poor."    In December former Gov. Romeny said cutting programs that support the poor and "giving money back to the states" won't hurt the poor.  He's not concerned about the very poor because... Read More

Social Justice: How Did This Happen? By Shannon Mouton   Last month, the DNC announced the hiring of "Greg Hinton as its first-ever Chief Diversity Officer."   Really? The Democratic Party needs a Chief Diversity Officer? Really? Does anyone else see the irony in this?   I don't get it. The Democratic Party is the party of... Read More

The Lady Is a Leader AFL-CIO Names Jeter Year’s ‘Outstanding Trade Unionist’ The Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO presented Jackie Jeter, president of ATU Local 689, the JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year at its annual dinner at Washington, DC’s Omni Shoreham Hotel on Saturday, March 12. Now in... Read More

While GOP Deflates Government Budget, Consumer Costs Rise  It’s no wonder so many Americans are against GOP-proposed budget cuts; at the same time that policymakers are slashing funds for consumer services, both the cost of living and the national unemployment rate continue to rise. In January, the cost of food, energy,... Read More

  An Easy Target - House GOP Threatens to Cut Metro   While we understand the daunting budget challenges facing our Congress as they tackle our growing national debt crisis, we are again baffled by House GOP proposed cuts to funding in the Disctrict of Columbia, and more specifically for the Metro budget. Washington... Read More