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Groups launch effort to prevent execution of Troy Davis

September 13, 2011 By Joe Sims

This is Davis's fourth execution date since 2007. The gun used to kill the police officer was never found, nor any physical evidence linking Davis to the murder.

Community forum targets “Secure Communities”

August 31, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Concern is rising rapidly among immigrant communities and civil liberties advocates as law enforcement agencies step up sharing of personal information.

Millions make change

August 30, 2011 By Sam Webb

The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.

Workers say King’s dream not yet realized

August 29, 2011 By John Wojcik

A panhandler in New York's subways had worked for years as a union painter and carpenter before he was reduced, by job cuts, to begging for a living.

Alabama’s immigration law is hateful and racist, say opponents

August 12, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Several groups recently joined an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB-56.