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In key Senate race, Democrats are divided

March 1, 2010 By Rick Nagin

In Ohio, one leading Democrat is seen as having a better chance of winning in November, but the other has more money and is ahead in primary polls.

ESPN honors Daily Worker sports editor Lester Rodney

March 1, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

Lester Rodney was a crusader for equality and instrumental in integrating baseball as sports editor with the Daily Worker in the 1930s, says ESPN in a recent video on its website.

Teacher dies in hail of handgun bullets

March 1, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

Killing of teacher Jennifer Paulson, 30, in Tacoma, Wash., following Colorado school shootings, spurs calls for tighter gun control.

Black history, labor history intertwined in Detroit

March 1, 2010 By John Rummel

Between the two World Wars, the groundwork was laid in Detroit's Black community that culminated in the organizing of the world's most powerful corporation.

Philly celebrates African American history with calls for peace action

February 26, 2010 By Ben Sears

PHILADELPHIA -- More than 50 people crowded into the Du Bois Center on Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia last Friday to hear Anthony Monteiro, professor of African American Studies at Temple University, deliver a history lecture.