racism
Today in labor history: Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” released
June 30, 2014Twenty-five years ago today Spike Lee's union-made blockbuster movie on race and racism, "Do the Right Thing" was released in theaters nationwide.
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A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
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Patent Office cancels Washington’s disparaging trademark
June 18, 2014The group argued that the Redskins should lose their federal trademark protection based on a law that prohibits registered disparaging names.
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Today in labor history: Cherokee Nation begins Trail of Tears
June 17, 2014It is estimated that nearly one third - ten to 30 percent - died in the course of U.S. government's ethnic cleansing.
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W.Va. NAACP calls for federal probe of police killing
May 20, 2014The police report failed to answer three key questions: 1) Why was Jones arrested? 2) Why was he shot? and 3) Why was he shot 23 times?
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