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Racial profiling at Yale protested
December 7, 2007Special to the World Workers at Yale are still waiting for an apology, five weeks after an African American library worker was the victim of racial profiling by a supervisor. On Oct. 23, Bernard Rogers, who...
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Nobel winners: drop charges against San Francisco 8
December 7, 2007SAN FRANCISCO — A statement issued last week by Nobel Peace Prize laureates including South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has galvanized attention on a long-simmering case involving eight former Black Panther Party members charged with the...
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L.A. unions set 2008 fight for good jobs
December 7, 2007LOS ANGELES — Next year labor contracts covering some 350,000 union members in 30 union locals in Los Angeles County will expire, while tens of thousands more are organizing for first contracts. The area’s labor movement...
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Michigan rally to protest hate crime
December 1, 2007DETROIT — It’s “preposterous” to say that the hanging of nooses may not constitute a hate crime, charged the Rev. David Bullock of the National Council for Community Empowerment at a Nov. 27 press conference of...
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Build Oakland for everyone, say residents
November 30, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — Over 400 residents here came together Nov. 17 to project their vision of economic development — a vision featuring well-paying jobs, affordable housing, a healthy and safe environment, and steps to overcome the...
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