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NAACP: “Our agenda is essential” for democracy

July 25, 2014 By Chauncey K. Robinson

The nation's oldest, largest, and most widely known civil rights organization convened to address the need to push back against voter suppression and other significant topics.

Steel workers campaign to bring outsourced jobs home

July 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

"It makes no sense that manufacturing workers and taxpayers are still being asked to subsidize the cost of shipping our jobs overseas with a tax loophole that should be eliminated."

Chicagoans take to the streets against school cuts

July 23, 2014 By Scott Hiley

The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.

Netroots Nation 2014: Building a movement in 140 characters

July 22, 2014 By Josh Morris

Many of the panels, views, and strategies focused on at the Detroit conference emphasized activism, getting out the vote and ways to combat right extremism.

Workers and lawmakers team up to force fair scheduling at Walmart

July 22, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Walmart workers were on Capitol Hill telling lawmakers how the giant retailer's scheduling practices make it impossible for most of them to lead anything approaching a normal life.