Education
Teaching Tolerance hosts webinar with “New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander
September 25, 2014Released in 2010, "The New Jim Crow" outlines the use of the justice system in the United States as a form of racial control that especially impacts young African American males.
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State of Florida itself at stake on November 4
September 24, 2014Florida's governor, Rick Scott, has either stood by and let the degradation of the state occur or has actively contributed to it.
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Nine years after Katrina, school workers still fighting for justice
September 4, 2014It's taken nine years, but some 7,000 former New Orleans school workers may be headed for a multimillion-dollar win of back wages and penalties this fall.
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Detroit Labor Day: Democracy not for sale!
September 2, 2014"The concentration of wealth in too few hands and growing inequality is hitting hard at working families."
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“Speak Progress” activists coming to a venue near you
September 2, 2014Speak Progress speakers provide ideas, analysis and interactive trainings that can inspire your campus, community or union.
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