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Youth battle for social change in St. Louis
January 17, 2014In a society where the national student debt totals $1.1 trillion, it is more important than ever to lift young activists up and support them in their efforts to organize and create social change.
Read moreGOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed
January 17, 2014Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.
Read moreTrumka adds infrastructure to AFL-CIO legislative priority list
January 17, 2014Richard Trumka is adding reconstruction of U.S. infrastructure - and creation of tens of thousands of well-paying jobs doing so - to the federation's priority list.
Read moreAutoworkers president identifies the real “enemy”
January 16, 2014The social compact is gone, said UAW president Bob King, yesterday in Detroit. "And if we want a growing middle class again, we need to restore it."
Read moreAmiri Baraka: 1934 – 2014
January 16, 2014"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."
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