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NAACP’s Jealous keynotes National Lesbian and Gay Rights Task Force convention
January 30, 2012Over 3,000 mostly young activists representing a rainbow of sexual orientation and ethnicities crowded into the Baltimore Hilton Hotel January 26-29 to learn ways to win LGBT rights.
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Domestic workers and their children march for rights
January 27, 2012One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client: "What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself," she said.
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Human Rights Watch issues stinging indictment on conditions here
January 27, 2012The report amounts to a stinging indictment of the United States in the area of labor rights.
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Justice Department investigating over 100 voting rights violations
January 27, 2012Eric Holder said the Department of Justice has opened up over 100 investigations into possible voting rights violations across the country.
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Workers want tax-dodger Verizon to settle contract dispute
January 27, 2012Several hundred CWA Local 1101 Verizon workers and their supporters rallied Jan. 26 in front of 140 West Street to say, "Settle our contract!"
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