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Trumka: Injunction against Obama’s immigration action a temporary setback
February 18, 2015A federal judge in Texas Monday temporarily blocked President Obama's November executive action on immigration.
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“Let us breathe and grow”: 41st African American History celebrations
February 18, 2015The 41st Annual People's World African American History Month Celebrations will take place in Hartford and New Haven, Conn.
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A lynching in New Orleans
February 18, 2015How recent these events! How deeply seared in living human memory!
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Today in African-American history: Honoring Robert Robinson Taylor
February 17, 2015Taylor was the first academically trained black architect in the U.S. and the first black graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Florida lawmaker backing raise-the-wage ballot initiative
February 17, 2015"A full-time minimum wage worker earns only $15,080 a year, making it nearly impossible to support a family and save for the future."
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