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A New Generation of Dreamers: Freedom Rides yesterday and today

January 25, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

A month-long celebration linking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides that desegregated interstate transportation in the South with today's movements to address racism, violence and unemployment was kicked off here.

Rotten Apple: iPod sweatshops hidden in China

January 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Apple, famous for its Mac computers and iPhones, spends millions to create the image of a benevolent corporate giant that, while making money, does more than its part to better the world.

Class battle lines drawn in Chicago council elections

January 25, 2011 By John Bachtell

Chicago City Council elections are shaping up to be a contest between a coalition of organized labor, the many racially and ethnically diverse communities, their organizations and small businesses against the big financial and corporate interests...

Cuba Five prisoner paintings on exhibit in Maine

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

PORTLAND, Maine - Noted actress and dedicated political activist Vinie Burrows helped open an exhibition of paintings by Cuban Five political prisoner Antonio Guerrero on January 19 at the University of Southern Maine Library.

World Notes: Cuba, Israel, Venezuela – and more

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Pakistanis are protesting U.S. drones while South Africans are negotiating better prices for anti-HIV drugs. All of this and more in World Notes.