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Millions make change

August 30, 2011 By Sam Webb

The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.

Workers say King’s dream not yet realized

August 29, 2011 By John Wojcik

A 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.

Alabama’s immigration law is hateful and racist, say opponents

August 12, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Several groups recently joined an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB-56.

Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited

August 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The 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.

NAACP: Over a century of struggle

July 29, 2011 By Rossana Cambron And Luis Rivas

Since 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.