U.S. History - Post 1877

Wisconsin Union-Busting Drive Feeds Off Towns That Are Shrinking

The loss of power and people in rural and small town Wisconsin is helping fuel a showdown over government union rights and benefits.  read more »

GOP-led House votes to repeal health care law

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal last year's health care law, the first major rebuke of the White House by the House since Republicans took control of it this mont  read more »

Modern Immigration

Read the three articles on immigration that were provided to you in Class. The articles are:
1. Immigration  read more »

All about me? College kids lack empathy : Compared to 30 years ago, it's all about me now, study finds

College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.  read more »

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.  read more »

Report Says Many Youths Are ‘Too Fat to Fight’

A panel of retired military leaders has joined the fight against childhood obesity, saying that unhealthy school lunches are making America's youth unfit for military service and therefore pose a thre  read more »

Teen Sues Mom for Hacking Facebook Account

An Arkansas boy is suing his mom because she allegedly hacked into his Facebook account and posted slanderous remarks.  read more »

The Story of Veterans Day

1.November 11 is Veterans Day. A veteran is a soldier who has served his/her country.  read more »

Obama: 150,000 road jobs: 'Shovel ready'

President Barack Obama claimed today that 150,000 jobs will be created or saved by the end of next year with the road-building provisions of the $787-billion economic stimulus that he signed.  read more »

Bush's Farewell Address

Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your president. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence – a time set apart.  read more »

Monitor shifts from print to Web-based strategy

{Excerpts} The Christian Science Monitor plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online pub  read more »

New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons

The teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech rights wer  read more »

Bailout: Will it work?

Experts differ on whether the $700 billion bailout plan will prompt banks to lend and help the economy. But even if it does, it will take time.

By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer  read more »

Democrats in Congress add restrictions to $700 billion bailout bill

Congressional Democrats inched close to agreement Monday on the terms of a $700 billion rescue package to stabilize shaky financial markets, but continued to encounter White House resistance to key po  read more »

What's so scary about the credit crunch? (MIDDLE SCHOOL)

There's a scary monster hanging over the country at the moment, and it's called the CREDIT CRUNCH.

You've probably heard people talking about it like it's a Really Bad Thing.  read more »

How we got here: It's housing, stupid

The Wall Street crisis has been caused by plunging housing prices. So despite the billions of dollars being thrown at the problem, experts say more trouble lies ahead.  read more »

Gun Bill Could Strip D.C. Of Control: Congress Weighs Repealing Ban On Semiautomatics

Congress plans to take up a bill this week that would repeal the District's gun-registration requirements and make it easier for residents to legally buy semiautomatic weapons, raising alarm among cit  read more »

Offshore oil drilling in the US: what's at stake?

Last week, Senator Barack Obama said he was open to considering a "careful, well thought-out [offshore] drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage".  read more »

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