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Teacher sickouts close almost all Detroit schools

January 20, 2016 By Mark Walton

Nearly all Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are closed Wednesday, as teacher sickouts which began last week continue.

Flint water protest at “state of state” brands Snyder a “criminal”

January 20, 2016 By Patrick J. Foote

"With his pen stroke, with the emergency manager law, he poisoned 100,000 people; this is what happens when profits take precedence over people."

Boston’s MLK march unites movements for economic and racial justice

January 20, 2016 By Nick Giannone

"As we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the fight for economic and racial justice continues."

VIDEO: Is America’s love of guns stopping common sense gun regulation?

January 20, 2016 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Obama stated: "We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass [gun] violence erupt with this kind of frequency."

The “Right-to-Work” movement’s attack on women workers

January 19, 2016 By Sheila Bapat

If strong public sector union jobs are eroded as a result of the right-to-work movement's attack, this will be an added setback for women's economic status in the U.S.