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Hyatt workers win big concessions, global boycott to end

July 2, 2013 By John Wojcik

Unite Here, representing hospitality workers, has reached a deal with Hyatt Hotels, ending a four-year bitter battle involving protests, strikes, civil disobedience and a global boycott against the chain.

Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act

June 25, 2013 By John Wojcik

The Supreme Court today gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 decision. Before the ink even dried on today's landmark ruling its implications quickly became stunningly clear.

Perspectives on Pfc. Bradley Manning from an anti-war veteran

June 25, 2013 By Jim Baldridge

This new generation of young war resisters has said 'no' to being a part of the U.S. military machine. They're risking a lot to speak the truth from their 'inside' perspective.

Huge crowd pledges to fight for MLK’s ‘Dream’

June 25, 2013 By John Rummel

Fifty years after Dr. King first gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" to 100,000 in this city, a diverse sea of people again flooded a two-mile stretch of Woodward Ave, Detroit's main thoroughfare.

Philly hunger strikers fast for safe schools

June 25, 2013 By Ben Sears

"This is breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every day, for eight days," said Patricia Norris as she held up her bottle of water. Norris is on a "water only" fast outside Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's regional office.