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Right wingers besiege Dallas

March 18, 2014

Imagine living in a city striving to win the 2016 Republican Convention, already accepted a convention for the worst anti-worker political organizers in America, and trying to privatize their entire school district.

Today in black history: Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson dies, becomes catalyst for Selma march

February 26, 2014 By Teresa Albano

Twenty-six year old civil rights protester Jimmie Lee Jackson died this day, Feb. 26, 1965, from gunshot wounds inflicted by Alabama State Trooper after marching in a peaceful protest.

Money bill trims pro-biz program at OSHA, boosts women’s bureau

January 17, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The money bill's positives led Richard Trumka to call it "a good start that moves in the right direction" on spending priorities.

GOP blocks immigration reform

December 3, 2013 By Emile Schepers

As the year 2013 draws to an end, the fight for immigrants' rights, and especially for the legalization of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants believed to be in the United States, continues.

Senate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP “pirates”

November 22, 2013 By John Case

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.