PITTSBURGH, PA.— Republican Tim Murphy resigned today from the U.S. House after allegations emerged that the long-term anti-abortion congressman had asked a mistress to have an abortion. His departure sets up a national showdown in a Western Pennsylvania swing district, where the number of Democrats outnumber Republicans. Organized labor

Tuesday night, 36-year-old Birmingham school board member Randall Woodfin defeated 63-year-old incumbent Birmingham Mayor William Bell with 59 percent of the vote to Bell’s 41. Bell has been a fixture in city politics for decades, having been elected to City Council in 1979, two years before Woodfin was even

Folks, Greetings from Washington, D.C., where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has arrived to help his union in this week’s picket line of the Washington Post. Washington Post Threatened to Fire Union Co-Chair Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, is currently demanding that

Help Us Reach Our Goal of $1,700. $1,530 / $1,700 Donate Here! For the past year, I haven’t exactly been homeless, but I haven’t exactly had a home. Since being evicted from my apartment in Chattanooga last November, I have stayed with an assortment of friends,