racism
Selma 2015: a massive gathering but a long march ahead
March 16, 2015What perilous choices stood before the country in 1965 and what perilous choices stand before us today?
Read moreTens of thousands mark Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march
March 9, 2015America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists.
Read moreRemembering women’s history: Lucy Parsons
March 6, 2015Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.
Read moreThe poisoned cookie of “white skin privilege”
February 23, 2015Progressive people must rise to the challenge. We must make clear to white people that they are being conned by the frontmen of the one percent.
Read moreToday in labor history: Black labor union formed
January 13, 2015On January 13 in 1869 over 200 black delegates met in Washington D.C. to form the National Labor Union; the word "colored" was added by the establishment press.
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