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What will your legacy be?

February 2, 2007 By Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs

"What Will Your Legacy Be?" Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs once wrote and asked in a 2007 epic poem. The internationally renowned Burroughs died November 21, 2010, and scholars and activists celebrate her long-lasting legacy.

Dismal stats call for action: New BLS report shows urgency of Employee Free Choice Act

February 2, 2007

WASHINGTON (PAI) — The number of unionists declined by 326,000 from 2005 to 2006, dropping to 12 percent of the U.S. labor force, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. But there were big jumps of...

New Jersey moves to abolish the death penalty

January 27, 2007 By Zoé Galletta

The New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, after nearly a year of deliberations, released its report and recommendations on Jan. 2.

EDITORIAL: Super breakthrough

January 26, 2007

The grand stage in professional sports is the Super Bowl. Amid all the usual accompanying Super Bowl hoopla, for the first time in its 41-year history African Amer-ican coaches will lead their teams onto the field...

Civil rights groups launch 2007 agenda

January 26, 2007

Civil rights groups see a chance to make important gains during the next two years with the new dynamics in Congress. In a letter earlier this month to members of the House and Senate, the Leadership...