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Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.

Coal pollution killing poor, people of color, NAACP charges

July 20, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

More than 8 million people live within three miles of a coal power plant, and those people are disproportionately poor or people of color.

“American Dream” in Dallas: Organizing never felt so good

July 18, 2011

The disparate group of people who gathered in the modest neighborhood were pleased from beginning to end of the house party called by MoveOn.org.

Campaign presses oil tax to save California public schools

July 18, 2011 By Luis Rivas

A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.

Shipyard workers see chance to save their jobs

July 14, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers, unions, community groups, small businesses and others in the fight to save 5,000 jobs at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans are feeling better now about the possibility of a victory.