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New York show of solidarity with Egypt

February 1, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Several thousand people - Egyptians, Egyptian Americans and other New Yorkers - showed up here Jan. 29 in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Egypt.

At King birthday rally, elected officials urge grassroots involvement

January 19, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Bay area elected officials addressed a crowd that packed the great hall at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 to honor the great civil rights and peace leader.

Photographer Milton Rogovin dies at age 101 in NY

January 18, 2011 By Associated Press And Barbara Russum

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Milton Rogovin, a social documentary photographer who built a life's work by looking through a lens at people who were invisible to others, died Tuesday, January 18, at age 101.

Arizona’s wake up call

January 12, 2011 By Joe Bernick

The Tucson tragedy is a wake up call for all Arizonans. It's time to take back our state from the right-wing, anti-people demagogues and their corporate masters.

Student strike in Puerto Rico met with repression

January 10, 2011 By Emile Schepers

College students in Puerto Rico are on strike against the neoliberal education policies implenmented by the country's conservative and right-wing governor.