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Law professors support Hilton workers

January 10, 2011 By Henry Millstein

The Association of American Law Schools is holding its national conference at the boycotted hotel, but organizers of over two-thirds of the conference events held their sessions at another venue.

Illinois House moves to abolish death penalty

January 7, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

CHICAGO - In a landmark vote Jan. 6, the Illinois House passed a measure to abolish the death penalty in the state.

Coalition urges filibuster reforms in new Senate session

January 5, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

A coalition of progressive organizations, Fix the Senate Now, is calling for filibuster reform.

Banning ethnic studies in Arizona is wrong!

January 4, 2011 By Alexander Monarrez Maldonado And Pepe Lozano

A new draconian law in Arizona went into effect banning classes statewide, k-12, that promote the teachings of civil rights leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.

Obama Labor Dept. acts against wage and benefit theft

December 15, 2010 By John Wojcik

The Department of Labor took action this week to recover almost $1 million in back wages for construction workers in New York and forced a Georgia company to pay restitution for improper investment of union pension...