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San Juan Mayor: Puerto Ricans powerless due to U.S. inaction

January 17, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

"If we can carry Texas, the boy in the White House can go back to the s---hole he came from.”

Nashville Indigenous community protests Trump’s Farm Bureau convention address

January 16, 2018 By Albert Bender

A press release from the American Indian Coalition, said, “This is Indian land—the land of the Cherokee, the Muscogee Creek, the Choctaw, and others... Trump and his supporters do not belong.”

Virginia General Assembly starts 2018 session with push for progressive laws

January 16, 2018 By Emile Schepers

Republicans have a tiny majority, but progressives are not letting that slow them from pushing for major reforms supported by the grassroots.

AFL-CIO unions gear up for major push in 2018 election cycle

January 16, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The determination of the nation’s labor movement to come out on the winning side of this year’s election battles was strongly reflected at discussions during last weekend’s AFL-CIO Martin Luther King conference.

Immigration panel shows gaps in union members’ knowledge

January 16, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Many union members and leaders are unaware of the AFL-CIO’s strong policy for comprehensive immigration reform.