For first time since Depression, more Mexicans leave U.S. than enter Washington Post ...A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more Mexicans appear to be leaving the United States for Mexico than the other way around, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center...
Strike hit Italy rages against Monti’s labour reforms Labour Start ...Thousands have taken to streets of the Italian capital Rome to protest over government plans to introduce legislation that will make it easier for companies to sack employees...
Jailed for $280: The Return of Debtors' Prisons CBS MoneyWatch ...How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn't pay a medical bill -- one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn't owe...
Occupy Movement Looks Toward Political Conventions New York Times ... as many as 60 groups have signed on to join the Coalition to Protest at the D.N.C. In Florida, Occupy Tampa is involved in planning similar efforts for the Republican National Convention, which will be held there in August...
Home construction goes the "Made in America" route Manufacture This ...A Virginia home construction worker has taken on the challenge of building a house that's entirely made in America...
Procter & Gamble Becomes 13th Company To Drop ALEC ThinkProgress ...The good government group Common Cause filed a complaint with the IRS today contesting ALEC’s charitable tax status, arguing it is actually a lobby group getting preferential tax treatment...
Federal Judge Finds Jimmy John's Guilty of Illegally Firing Whistleblowers in Sick Day Campaign : Long Delay in Legal Process Demonstrates Dysfunction of US Labor Law IWW ...A federal judge has ordered Jimmy John's to reinstate six workers fired by franchise owners Mike and Rob Mulligan over a year ago for blowing the whistle on company policies that expose customers to sandwiches made by sick workers...
