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Renewed push to legally ban racial profiling
April 19, 2012In an April 17 Senate hearing, union groups joined civil rights, community and faith-based organizations in a renewed push to legally ban racial profiling by law enforcers.
Read moreCitiGroup stockholders nix CEO’s $25 million as MoveOn pickets meet
April 18, 2012MoveOn members picketed a Citigroup stockholders meeting taking place at a local luxury hotel here April 17, designated Tax the 1% Day.
Read moreFired up New Yorkers deliver Tax Day message to 1%
April 18, 2012The rally assembled across the street from Bank of America in Midtown Manhattan.
Read moreIn Florida battleground, tax fairness appeals to voters
April 18, 2012Many demonstrators enthusiastically supported proposed federal legislation that would require millionaires to pay a tax rate of at least 30 percent.
Read moreAnimal rights activists fighting “Ag-Gag” laws
April 18, 2012Forms of torture such as skinning calves alive, forcing badly injured animals into a slaughter line are made public because activists document them.
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