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Scottsboro widow dies
May 11, 2010Melva Norris, widow of Clarence Norris, the last survivor of the Scottsboro prisoners, died recently at age 82, 21 years after her husband died in a Bronx hospital. Thanks to the struggle of Communists and...
Read moreVigil marks police slaying of farmworker
May 11, 2010WOODLAND, Calif. - On a highway overpass here, a vigil marked the anniversary of the police killing in broad daylight of a young immigrant farmworker.
Read moreFraternity of Martin Luther King Jr. to boycott Arizona
May 10, 2010In response to the anti-immigrant Arizona law, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, known as the oldest, integrated and historically black Greek-lettered organization in the world, recently announced it will boycott the state and relocate its 104th anniversary...
Read morePhoenix ‘Los Suns’ protest drives sweep over Spurs
May 10, 2010Maybe what the Phoenix Suns basketball team needed during their historic sweep over the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals was a little courage and teamwork to stand up for what's right.
Read moreClean ports, truck driver rights at issue on Capitol Hill
May 10, 2010A congressional subcommittee this week heard compelling testimony about the achievements of the Clean Trucks Programs at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and what's needed to assure their continued success.
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