Texas
Teachers stand up and fight
February 28, 2012Teachers with Alliance/AFT of Dallas picketed outside the administration office of the Dallas Independent School district before the board meeting on Feb. 23.
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Today is 75th anniversary of Rep. Barbara Jordan’s birth (with video)
February 21, 2012The daughter of a minister and domestic worker, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the deep South.
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Dallas “funeral” protests foreclosures
February 6, 2012Progressive organizations came together to protest home foreclosures with a long march and vigil in North Dallas.
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Texans will fight voter suppression
February 2, 2012"We are in a new era, a new situation, which none of us have ever seen before."
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Could the DREAM Act have saved Joaquin Luna’s life?
November 30, 2011In his last words to his brother, Luna said he couldn't accomplish his dreams because there was a huge wall blocking him from fulfilling his goals.
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