College students and their families are facing even greater obstacles in paying for an already almost out-of-reach college education after a minority of Senate Republicans this week blocked a bill that would have kept federal student loan interests rates from doubling.

More than 1,800 University of Oregon faculty members won a voice at work after they chose to join United Academics, an affiliate of AFT Oregon and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).  The Oregon Employment Relations Board Friday certified the professors’ choice after the university dropped its objections.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) attack on workers’ rights and middle-class jobs is having what is surely an unintended effect, as far as he is concerned—building support for workers’ rights.