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Maryland protesters demand action to end police violence

January 16, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Baltimore protesters chanting "Black lives matter" gathered Jan. 15 to demand that the legislature enact laws to end the plague of police killings in Maryland.

Rebel with a cause – a young Ferguson commissioner

January 16, 2015 By Al Neal

"It's always difficult being young and a minority of anything. Because you always end up asking yourself, 'will my voice really be heard?' "

AFL-CIO opens Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta

January 15, 2015 By Mike Hall

Today kicks off the AFL-CIO's 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta.

GOP-controlled House votes to undo Obama’s orders on immigration reform

January 15, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill that would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

California lawmakers seek to restore social services funds

January 14, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

Many Democratic state legislators are eager to restore the massive funding cuts suffered by human services programs in recent years.