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Oakland police arrest hundreds of Occupy protesters

January 30, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Police arrested some 400 demonstrators Jan. 28 in response to the latest attempt by Occupy Oakland activists to occupy a vacant building and establish a new encampment there.

Food safety watchdog says poultry guidelines don’t go far enough

January 30, 2012 By Cory Collins

A new set of guidelines proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a welcome development but does not take enough steps to reduce bacteria levels, a consumer advocates' group said.

NAACP’s Jealous keynotes National Lesbian and Gay Rights Task Force convention

January 30, 2012 By Cindy Farquhar

Over 3,000 mostly young activists representing a rainbow of sexual orientation and ethnicities crowded into the Baltimore Hilton Hotel January 26-29 to learn ways to win LGBT rights.

Domestic workers and their children march for rights

January 27, 2012 By David Bacon

One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client: "What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself," she said.

Human Rights Watch issues stinging indictment on conditions here

January 27, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The report amounts to a stinging indictment of the United States in the area of labor rights.