civil rights
Workers say King’s dream not yet realized
August 29, 2011A panhandler in New York's subways had worked for years as a union painter and carpenter before he was reduced, by job cuts, to begging for a living.
Read moreAlabama’s immigration law is hateful and racist, say opponents
August 12, 2011Several groups recently joined an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB-56.
Read moreUnions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited
August 5, 2011The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.
Read moreNAACP: Over a century of struggle
July 29, 2011Since its founding 102 years ago, the NAACP has been at the forefront in the fight for civil rights and social justice for African Americans and all working people.
Read moreNAACP calls for end to “war on drugs”
July 29, 2011The NAACP put forth a resolution publically calling an end to the failed 40-year drug war, started in 1971 at the behest of President Nixon.
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