democracy
CLUW mobilizes to protect voter rights
September 14, 2012Republican legislators are passing voter suppression laws to take voting rights away. Most affected are people of color, women and working families.
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Hoffa holds tea party responsible for “tremendous war on workers”
September 14, 2012The tea party has taken over the Republican Party and produced "craziness" there and is responsible for the "tremendous war on workers" now being waged nationwide, Teamsters President James Hoffa says.
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Pennsylvania high court to rule on massive vote suppression law
September 12, 2012Estimates are that the law will disenfranchise one in 10 eligible voters - mostly people of color, students, seniors and low-income voters.
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Across Missouri, protests against payday loan decision
September 6, 2012The St. Louis rally was held simultaneously with other rallies in Kansas City and Jefferson City, the Missouri state capital.
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Black clergy and labor unite against voter suppression
September 5, 2012Reacting to Republican efforts to suppress voting, the African American community and the AFL-CIO are mounting a massive effort to promote balloting.
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