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A big “thank you” and an appeal to our readers
March 04, 2024As long as you can keep us going, we can keep redeeming our promise to you.
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More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C.
October 09, 2013The protests show that immigration reform supporters are prepared to continue the battle until the House leadership puts the immigration bill up for a vote.
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Nation relieved for now after Trumpcare goes down in flames
July 28, 2017Millions will sleep better tonight, having won a reprieve from the relentless Republican drive to ram through Trumpcare.
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Torture handbook ignites firestorm
April 22, 2009The recent release of Justice Department memos on torture indicate that the country is still in the grasp of the chillingly long nightmare created by George Bush, Dick Cheney and their administration.
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Latino voters key to Obama win in battleground states
September 19, 2008The historic Nov. 4th presidential election is less than two months away, and a monumental battle is heating up in a few crucial swing states, as some nine million Latino voters prepare to cast their ballot, which could be the deciding factor for an Obama win. Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. at 15 percent of the population and represent nine percent of eligible voters. But...
Read moreLabor leaves no stone unturned
November 30, 2007Organized labor is flexing its muscles, showing that it is tired of taking it on the chin. If the unions have their way, between now and Election Day 2008, even the ultra-right lock on the White House and Congress could be broken. Unions flexed their muscles in off-year election campaigns that ended in victories Nov. 6. Thousands of union members combed neighborhoods, buttonholed people at worksites and operated phone banks...
Read moreLabor leaving no stone un-turned
November 21, 2007Organized labor is flexing its muscles, showing that it is tired of taking it on the chin. If the unions have their way, between now and Election Day, even the ultra-right lock on the White House and Congress could be broken. Unions flexed their muscles in off year election campaigns that ended in victories Nov. 6. Thousands of union members combed neighborhoods, button-holed people at worksites, and operated phone banks...
Read moreTHIS WEEK IN LABOR
June 15, 2007Who’s the boss? A series of recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board has raised the possibility that millions of Americans may have their right to join together in unions stripped away because of word games played by corporate bosses. Under U.S. labor law, “employees” have a right to join unions, but “supervisors” do not. In recent years corporations have begun arguing that workers like nurses, computer programmers, accountants...
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We voted for peace Marchers tell Congress to end Iraq war
February 02, 2007WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 antiwar lobbyists from 48 states visited hundreds of lawmakers’ offices on Monday, Jan. 29, to urge them to pass a Senate resolution opposing the Iraq war and to use the “power of the purse strings” to terminate the deadly four-year conflict. The grassroots lobby came on the final day of a three-day mobilization sponsored by United for Peace and Justice that brought half a million...
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Congress must stop the Supreme Court and protect abortion rights now
May 04, 2022Rep. Cori Bush’s mandate must be the watchword: “Protect abortion rights by any means necessary.”
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