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Thousands of California nurses strike to fight takeaways

September 23, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The nurses were among 23,000 of their co-workers holding a one-day strike at three-dozen Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California, as well as Oakland Children's Hospital.

Another tragic police shooting in Washington Heights

September 21, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta And Jarvis Tyner

On September 17, over 150 neighbors, family and friends of John Collado marched to the 34th Precinct headquarters demanding justice.

British trade unionists come out for Cuba and the Cuban Five

September 21, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

From the vantage point of Cuban solidarity activists in the U.S., U.K. trade unionists deserve special credit because they've taken the lead in speaking out for the Cuba Five in Britain.

Demanding economic reform, hundreds “occupy” Wall Street

September 20, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

More than 1,000 people, mostly young and college educated, came together Sept. 17 to occupy Wall Street.

Health Equity Summit highlights progress, problems

September 20, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The Affordable Care Act has opened the way for great progress toward overcoming racial, ethnic, gender and geographic health disparities. But much hard work lies ahead to make sure its promise is realized at the federal,...