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Activists conduct peaceful disobedience to aid formerly incarcerated
March 5, 2015The Labor Council's statement called incarceration "a labor issue," and urged Alameda County to "be a leader and a model in California"
Read moreOrganizers say it’s possible to grow unions in the South
March 5, 2015People remember Norma Rae, whose iconic struggle to organize a union at J.P. Stevens in the 1970's in Roanoke, N.C. was the stuff of a major Hollywood movie.
Read moreOakland residents celebrate black history with tributes to outstanding women
March 4, 2015We Stand on Their Shoulders" was the theme as young and old packed the house Feb. 28 to hear poems, dramatizations and accounts from history.
Read moreNew York City facing the crisis of affordable housing
March 4, 2015In New York, it's truly a tale of two cities: a city of the very rich, growing richer, and the poor, who are growing poorer.
Read moreU.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans
March 4, 2015An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.
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