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45,000 workers march in support of Second Bill of Rights

August 13, 2012 By Ben Sears

The 45,000 workers and their allies came to hear labor leaders, community activists, and elected officials voice their frustration with politicians' failure to address the needs of working people.

Chicagoans organize to keep health clinics open

April 27, 2012 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Patient advocate N'Dana Carter chaired the conference. She reminded everyone that the clinic was reopened under the influence of a community protest.

Thousands demand that the rich pay their share

April 16, 2012 By John Wojcik

Thousands are taking to the streets to kick off a nationwide campaign to stop corporations and the super wealthy from gaming the tax system at the expense of the vast majority.

Christians diverge in Holy Week observances

April 9, 2012

"The richest nation the world had ever known is disgraced by our levels of poverty, official executions, prison populations, and joblessness."

New York show of solidarity with Egypt

February 1, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Several thousand people - Egyptians, Egyptian Americans and other New Yorkers - showed up here Jan. 29 in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Egypt.