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‘Arab Spring’ unions get top rights award
March 26, 2012Two union federations that have been leaders in the "Arab Spring," in Tunisia and Bahrain, received the AFL-CIO's top human rights award.
Read moreProgressive alliance charts new course for Latin America
March 26, 2012Over 250 people, including students, teaches, unionists, and political activists, attended the two-day conference on this city's north side.
Read moreKeystone XL: Native Americans outraged
March 23, 2012After President Obama endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline on Mar. 22 (which would carry oil from Cushing to Port Arthur, Texas), Native American activists in Okalahoma expressed outrage at the news. They...
Read moreLabor pushes for highway-mass transit bill, GOP blocks
March 23, 2012The bill would approve highway and mass transit construction money for the next two years, creating tens of thousands of jobs. And civil engineers say there are now thousands of structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges.
Read moreNew York: We are Trayvon Martin
March 23, 2012Several thousand New Yorkers gathered at Union Square for the "Million Hoodie March and Rally" to protest the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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