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Union rallies in New York call for jobs
December 9, 2011Jobs, justice and voting rights were the focus of two mass rallies in New York City.
Read moreBlack, Latino and labor leaders in Phoenix: “We are One”
December 6, 2011More than 1,000 labor, civil and immigrant rights activists met in Phoenix, Ariz., last week during the "We Are One" summit hosted by the NACCP.
Read moreKentucky church attacked interracial couples
December 5, 2011A Kentucky Church voted to ban interracial couples from joining its congreration. Fortunately the ban has since been overturned.
Read moreStop police brutality against peaceful protesters!
November 23, 2011It is time for the federal government move in and stop what has become a pattern of attacks on the fundamental rights not only of Occupy protesters across the country, but on the rights of all...
Read moreBlack labor leaders: Alabama’s immigration fight ground zero for civil rights
November 18, 2011African American, civil rights and labor leaders visited Birmingham this week to see first hand how the state's new anti-immigrant law is impacting Latinos.
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