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The student leader who put Chile’s government against the ropes

August 23, 2011 By Mikhail Saavedra

Camila Vallejo Dowling, 23, a geography student at the University of Chile and president of the Student Federation of the same university (FECH), has become the most popular and inspiring leader of the current and massive...

Verizon bargaining resumes, workers end strike

August 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Some 45,000 unionized Verizon workers, members of CWA and IBEW returned to work at a minute past midnight on Aug. 23, ending their 2-week strike. The old contract was reinstated, pending the outcome of re-started bargaining...

Latin American alliance confronts economic crisis

August 23, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

UNASUR has emerged from a bevy of regional alliances to assume a major role in work toward Latin American integration. With the Paraguayan Senate's approval August 13 of Paraguay's entry into UNSUR, the alliance now includes...

West Memphis Three freed, but they still seek justice

August 22, 2011 By Blake Skylar

In 1994, three young men in West Memphis, Ark. were wrongfully tried and convicted of the 1993 murder of three boys. Last week the trio were set free.

Steelworkers honor Danny Glover and Ed Schultz (with video)

August 22, 2011 By Scott Marshall

On the final day of their International Convention 2011, the United Steel Workers (USW) introduced the union's new Paul Wellstone award. The first recipients are: actor and chair of TransAfrica, Danny Glover; and Ed Shultz, host...