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Unions hail NLRB official’s ruling that college athletes can unionize

March 28, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

It would be a landmark victory for college athletes, whose scholarships are now awarded at the whim of their institutions and who have little or no protection against on-the-job injuries.

Scores arrested in Albany budget protest

March 28, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

The chants of advocates for affordable housing, the Dream Act, anti-fracking and more echoed throughout the Albany Capitol as protesters packed the staircase and halls leading to Governor Cuomo's office.

Today in Women’s history: Birth of Effa Manley, baseball hall of famer

March 27, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Effa Louise Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley. Her influence extended beyond baseball; she was active in the civil rights movement and a social activist.

Panel: Immigrants’ advocates should step up efforts in the states

March 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Immigrants' advocates should step up efforts in the states, regardless of the fate of comprehensive immigration reform in D.C., a panel discussing the issue says.

Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer

March 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.