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Ohio town hall calls for end to raids
January 28, 2009ASHTABULA, Ohio — Labor, community and religious leaders called for a united effort to end inhuman immigration raids, arrests and deportations at a town hall meeting here. The event, sponsored by the Ohio Coalition for Immigrant...
Read moreAlabama Mardi Gras in black and white
January 25, 2009MovieREVIEW The Order of Myths Directed by Margaret Brown U.S. 2008, 93 min., Unrated In “The Order of Myths,” a documentary directed by Margaret Brown, we learn that in 1981, 19-year-old Black youth Michael Donald was...
Read moreOPINION: Senate Dems flex legislative muscle on fair pay
January 25, 2009By a vote of 61 to 36, the Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act this week, a bill that had broad support from civil rights organizations, the labor movement, and women's equality groups. In...
Read moreObamas stimulus plan must be passed now
January 24, 2009The $825 billion stimulus plan proposed by Congress and applauded by Barack Obama should be approved immediately. Despite some noted imperfections — probably too much is dedicated to tax cuts, and even though it is the...
Read moreThis land is our land
January 24, 2009Following Barack Obama on stage at the “We Are One” pre-inaugural concert Jan. 18, Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer and labor, civil rights and peace activist, joined by Bruce Springsteen and Seeger's grandson Tao Seeger, leads...
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