Week in Headlines

Texas News
Special Interests Donate Millions After Election

Texas Politics
Senate Budget Chief Puts Medicaid and Schools on Chopping Block

National News
Wall Street Firms Earn High Profits With Uncle Sam's Backing

National Politics
Corporate Contributions Have Surged for New Republican Leaders in House

International News
Thousands in Yemen Protest Against the Government

War & Peace
Number of US Casualties From Roadside Bombs in Afghanistan Skyrocketed

Foreign Policy
Federal Inquiry Under Way of No-Bid Contract in Afghanistan

Veterans Issues
Bill in Texas Legislature Would Exempt Veterans' Survivors From Property Taxes

Domestic Policy
FCC's Rules to Protect Internet Access Spark Claims of Violations

Economics
Long-Term Unemployed Face Stigmas in Job Search

Poverty
Report Finds Urgent Action Needed to Avert Global Hunger

Health Care
Obesity is Why US Life Expectancy Behind Some Other Countries

Education
Public Universities Relying More on Tuition Than State Money

Environment
Great Plains Oil Pipeline Plan Sparks Grass-Roots Activism

Science & Technology
University of Texas Scientists Seek Means to Burn Coal Cleanly

Justice
Arizona's Gun-Death Rate Among the Worst in US

Human Rights
Human Trafficking May Be Widespread in South Florida

Immigrant Rights
The Cost of Anti-Immigration Bills

Reproductive Rights
Abortion Does Not Increase Risk of Mental Health Problems

Women’s & Gender Issues
Case Shows Lenient Treatment of Rapists

GLBT Issues
Proposed Housing Protections for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Race & Racism
Eight Men of Color Sue Philadelphia Over “Stop-And-Frisk” Policy

From the Blogs
In Other Words:
Protect Seniors by Cutting Their Benefits!

Mean Rachel:
Death by a Thousand Budget Cuts

Eye on Williamson:
Texas Budget Proposal Morally Bankrupt