Undocumented students speak out in support of DREAM Act From the Houston Chronicle Wendy Ramirez said she was first inspired to pursue a medical degree when her father was paralyzed after a drunken driver hit him when she was a child. But before graduating from high school, she was initially discouraged by a counselor for a reason most students don't deal with, but eventually gained...

Today billionaire Sam Zell really showed senior citizens he doesn’t care about them. He didn’t even bother to show up for the board meeting of one of his companies, Equity Life Style Properties (ELS). So he wasn’t there to hear senior citizens tell shareholders to stop trying to bankrupt them with ever-increasing rents that are depleting their retirement savings.   ELS owns...

As activists in Portland, Oregon prepare to protest outside the office of Senator Ron Wyden this week – challenging his support for a Republican budget proposal that would undercut Medicare – the question must be asked: why would a supposedly liberal Democratic Senator from the blue state of Oregon throw his weight behind such a shameful compromise? We need look no further than...