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Obama administration reverses Bush policy on affirmative action

December 5, 2011 By Joe Sims

Affirmative action has received an important boost from the Obama administration.

Communist Party’s National Committee convenes just blocks from Occupy Wall Street

November 12, 2011 By John Wojcik

Leaders of the Communist Party, USA, opened a full session of their recently-elected National Committee in New York in a celebratory mood on Saturday.

Why it’s important for you to defend marriage equality

November 10, 2011 By Michael Leonard

Same-sex marriage is legal in only eight jurisdictions: seven states and the District of Columbia. By next year that number could sink to six jurisdictions.

Thousands of women in North Carolina victims of sterilization

November 7, 2011 By Joe Sims

Over 7,600 women in the state of North Carolina alone were victims of forced sterilization according to recent news reports.

Occupy: embrace the new, build the movement

November 1, 2011 By Sam Webb

This is a volatile moment: The class struggle is intensifying and the outcome is still to be decided. The battle is for the future of our democracy, economy, and country.