civil rights
National forum on police crimes to be held in Chicago
April 30, 2014The forum is devised to promote a "renewed effort to build a multi-racial, multi-national movement" against police crimes, government surveillance, mass incarceration, and more.
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Equality victory, as India recognizes transgender rights
April 16, 2014Landmark Supreme Court ruling allows people to identify themselves outside the traditional gender binary
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Socialist and journalist Carl Bloice dies at 75
April 15, 2014Carl Bloice focused his daily and weekly and monthly journalistic production on economics, on the struggle for equality, on youth, especially African American, Latino and Asian youth in his hometown, on internationalism.
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NLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers
April 11, 2014The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."
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Today in Women’s history: Birth of Effa Manley, baseball hall of famer
March 27, 2014Effa Louise Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley. Her influence extended beyond baseball; she was active in the civil rights movement and a social activist.
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