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After Supreme Court decision, “Being Black at U of M” just got harder

April 29, 2014 By Alexandria Foster

In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.

Teachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling

April 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.

Chattanooga groups plan anti-Nazi protests

April 15, 2014 By A.J. Hoffman

Less than a week after the Kansas anti-Semitic shootings, a white supremacist hate group will be marking its 40th anniversary at the Hamilton County Courthouse.

Today in Eco-history: Coal mine disaster kills 128

April 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The mine was operated mostly by African American prisoners who, under Alabama's onvict lease system, had been "leased" to the mine owners. Regardless of how minor their crimes were, all of them rdied in the disaster.

The war that won’t go away

March 26, 2014 By Len Yannielli

Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.