Politics
Women workers score a court victory for Equal Pay Day
April 11, 2018Fresno County schools hired Aileen Rizo, but, basing its decision on her prior pay, paid her a starting salary $13,000 below a man in an identical job. That’s illegal.
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Even on Equal Pay Day, some women less equal than others
April 10, 2018It was once said that “the female half of the human race is doubly oppressed under capitalism.” For working-class women of color, that oppression is tripled.
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Peace movement reviving to challenge U.S.’ empire of foreign bases
April 10, 2018Chalmers Johnson once wrote, “America’s version of the colony is the military base.” With over 800 of them, the U.S. has built an empire that wraps around the globe.
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Teachers rebellion maps our path to power
April 9, 2018Like their forebears, working people today are not waiting until the perfect legal framework is in place before they fight back.
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MLK’s children: U.S. needs values revolution, not a sanitized idol
April 6, 2018"Quite frankly, I would say there were a number of reasons my father was killed. He was talking about a radical redistribution of wealth,” Martin Luther King III said.
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