http://www.mail.com/subjects/24474-political-movements.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24474-political-movements.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089570-tea-party-groups-call-irs-process-nightmare.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal issues and... Thu, 16 May 2013 12:10:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089570-tea-party-groups-call-irs-process-nightmare.html 2013-05-16T12:10:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049512-italian-policemen-shot-govt-swearing-in.html ROME (AP) — In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak economy, a middle-aged unemployed bricklayer opened fire Sunday in the square outside the premier's office, seriously wounding two policemen, authorities said. The alleged gunman from Calabria, a s... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:17:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049512-italian-policemen-shot-govt-swearing-in.html 2013-04-28T20:17:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042434-house-oks-honoring-birmingham-ala-victims.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing that marked one of the darkest moments of the civil rights movement are one step closer to receiving Congress' highest civilian honor. By a 420-0 vote, the House on Wednesday passed a measure that posthumously would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Rober... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:35:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042434-house-oks-honoring-birmingham-ala-victims.html 2013-04-24T20:35:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038570-italian-president-seeks-to-political-paralysis.html ROME (AP) — President Giorgio Napolitano opened his unprecedented second term with around-the-clock consultations Tuesday aimed at finding a candidate to form a new government and end the political paralysis following inconclusive February elections. Napolitano met with leaders of both chambers and representatives of Italy's major parties to sound them ou... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038570-italian-president-seeks-to-political-paralysis.html 2013-04-23T19:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036134-italian-president-chastises-countrys-politicians.html ROME (AP) — Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, sworn in Monday for an unprecedented second term at the age of 87, chastised lawmakers for their inadequate response to the country's economic crisis and urged them to form a new government "without delay." While growing emotional over "the trust and affection I have seen grow toward me and the institution... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:34:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036134-italian-president-chastises-countrys-politicians.html 2013-04-22T19:34:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2010994-analysis-hamas-wants-bigger-regional-role.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has set an ambitious agenda for his new term, seeking to transform his Islamic militant movement that rules Gaza into a widely recognized political force, but without making concessions toward Israel needed for international acceptance. Re-elected last week, Mashaal will try to deepen ties with regio... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:34:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2010994-analysis-hamas-wants-bigger-regional-role.html 2013-04-10T18:34:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945912-berlusconi-lawyers-seek-to-delay-sex-for-hire-case.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's judicial woes weighed on Italy's political future on Monday as prosecutors requested an accelerated trial of the former premier on corruption charges and judges in his sex-for-hire trial ordered a medical visit to certify his ailments. The judicial jockeying comes at a politically sensitive time for Italy, as it seeks to f... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:57:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945912-berlusconi-lawyers-seek-to-delay-sex-for-hire-case.html 2013-03-11T19:57:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934140-nicolas-maduro-loyal-spokesman-to-succeed-chavez.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vice President Nicolas Maduro is taking over leadership of Hugo Chavez's political movement after the socialist leader died Tuesday at age 58 following a nearly two-year bout with cancer. Maduro now faces the daunting task of rallying support in a deeply divided country while maintaining unity within his party's ranks. Maduro dec... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:56:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934140-nicolas-maduro-loyal-spokesman-to-succeed-chavez.html 2013-03-06T00:56:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1924918-beppe-grillos-protest-group-wins-italian-hearts.html ROME (AP) — It says a lot about the political mood in Italy that when an unidentified package arrived at comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo's house, the bomb squad was called. The package, delivered Thursday, actually contained bottles of Sardinian liquor — a congratulations gift for his group's meteoric rise in Italy's latest election. The vote d... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:34:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1924918-beppe-grillos-protest-group-wins-italian-hearts.html 2013-03-01T20:34:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911404-italy-faces-political-gridlock-crucial-elex.html ROME (AP) — Italy faced political paralysis Monday as near-complete results in crucial national elections showed no clear winner and raised the possibility of a hung parliament. The uncertainty bodes ill for the nation's efforts to pass the tough reforms it needs to snuff out its economic crisis and prevent a new round of global financial turmoil. The cha... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:58:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911404-italy-faces-political-gridlock-crucial-elex.html 2013-02-26T00:58:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908066-comics-protest-movement-shakes-up-italy-election.html MILAN (AP) — The burly man with a shock of silver curls and a scruffy beard gesticulates wildly on Milan's Piazza del Duomo, unleashing a sprawling diatribe against the political establishment. "Send them home, send them home!" Beppe Grillo cries, as tens of thousands of supporters send up a deafening cheer. Crisis-hit Italians are fed up. And no one is t... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:05:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908066-comics-protest-movement-shakes-up-italy-election.html 2013-02-22T21:05:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1888338-analysis-minimum-wage-plan-test-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage. For much of the past two years, the president and his aides have worked to shed an image that he was anti-business, to bury his once-upon-a-time dismissal of bankers as "fat cats,... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1888338-analysis-minimum-wage-plan-test-obama.html 2013-02-13T14:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869146-ap-interview-morocco-islamists-warn-unrest.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab Spring. The nation's largest opposition Islamist group is challenging that view. In an interview with The Associated Press, Fathallah Arsalane, political leader of Al Adl wal Ihsan, or t... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869146-ap-interview-morocco-islamists-warn-unrest.html 2013-02-05T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1854546-activist-prison-calif-fraud.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former social activist convicted of defrauding a California charity backed by celebrities Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte was sentenced Tuesday to three years and four months in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer also ordered Hari Dillon to pay back the victims of his $2.5 million fraud, which contributed to the finan... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1854546-activist-prison-calif-fraud.html 2013-01-29T22:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840368-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-membership.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy. Government figures released Wednesday showed union membership declined from 11.8 percent to 11.3 p... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840368-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-membership.html 2013-01-23T20:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1838770-recognition-sought-church-bombing-victims.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 50 years ago, white supremacists planted a bomb in a Birmingham, Ala., church that killed four young girls preparing to worship, an act of terror that shocked the nation and propelled Congress to pass that historic 1964 Civil Rights Act. Lawmakers now want to honor those victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing with the C... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1838770-recognition-sought-church-bombing-victims.html 2013-01-22T20:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833278-king-content-character-quote-inspires-debate.html "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." This sentence spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted countless times as expressing one of America's bedrock values, its language almost sounding like a constitutional... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833278-king-content-character-quote-inspires-debate.html 2013-01-20T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement. It's only the second time Inauguration Day has coincided wi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html 2013-01-18T19:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1815982-1963-50-years-tumult-echoes.html A new year was just beginning — an extraordinary year, in which so much would change. Half a century ago, on Jan. 14, 1963, George Wallace took the podium to give his inaugural address as governor of Alabama. His words framed a fiery rejoinder to a civil rights movement gathering strength. "I draw the line in the dust and toss the gaun... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1815982-1963-50-years-tumult-echoes.html 2013-01-13T05:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1815802-obamas-2nd-inauguration-smaller-yet-grand.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour. A long list of celebrity performers will give the once-every-four years right of democratic passag... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1815802-obamas-2nd-inauguration-smaller-yet-grand.html 2013-01-12T21:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804458-40-years-ago-irish-tide-played-game-ages.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ara Parseghian still remembers every little detail of that dreary night in New Orleans nearly four decades ago, when two titans of college football met for the first time. It was a time of jarring social and political turmoil in America: the pain of the civil rights movement still fresh, U.S. troops finally home from an unpopula... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804458-40-years-ago-irish-tide-played-game-ages.html 2013-01-07T17:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1801600-bombing-victim-grateful-tragedy-counseling.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Carolyn McKinstry hears that young survivors of a mass shooting like last month's in Connecticut are receiving counseling, she can speak to its value through her own experience — or lack of it. McKinstry was 15 years old when she survived the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., where four g... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1801600-bombing-victim-grateful-tragedy-counseling.html 2013-01-05T19:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771112-right-to-work-nevada-rare-bright-spot-labor.html The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a squat building huddled in the shadow of the Stratosphere casino. That's the home of the Culinary Workers Local 226, a fast-growing union of hotel and casino employees that has thrived despite being in a right-to-work state and a region devastated by the real estate cr... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771112-right-to-work-nevada-rare-bright-spot-labor.html 2012-12-17T07:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1721304-singers-continue-long-wis-tradition-protest.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Every weekday as the clock strikes noon, dozens of demonstrators pass out songbooks inside the Wisconsin Capitol. Office workers who know what's coming scramble to close their doors, and several police officers take up watch from a distance. Then the group begins to sing, the voices echoing throughout the cavernous rotunda. The first ... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1721304-singers-continue-long-wis-tradition-protest.html 2012-11-24T16:16:00Z