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Building a racial justice movement

August 21, 2013 By Rinku Sen

This week, the nation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with events in Washington, D.C., and many other cities.

Today in labor history: Paul Robeson loses passport appeal

August 16, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On August 16, 1955, internationally known actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to force the U.S. State Department to grant him a passport.

Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote

August 13, 2013 By John Wojcik

By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.

SEIU, AFT join coalition to stop job discrimination vs. gays

August 8, 2013 By PAI

"Embedding discrimination against LGBT Americans into our laws and workplaces is not only morally reprehensible, it also makes zero economic sense."

Enshrine voting right in the Constitution

August 7, 2013 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

On August 5, 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, announcing, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless."