U.S.
Enshrine voting right in the Constitution
August 7, 2013On August 5, 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, announcing, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless."
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Hiroshima memory stirs call for peace
August 7, 2013Peace activists joined many thousands of similar gatherings worldwide to remember the horror of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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Immigration reform advocates speak out at AFL-CIO headquarters
August 5, 2013People all over the U.S. must pressure the GOP-run U.S. House to approve comprehensive immigration reform.
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Mass arrests at immigration protest spur coalition to remake America
August 2, 2013In a jail cell in the nation's capital, top leaders of 40 powerful labor/progressive groups found they had plenty of time to hash out plans for essentially remaking America.
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Mixed verdict, mixed response in Bradley Manning case
July 31, 2013It is now up to a military judge to determine if Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison even after being acquitted of the most serious charge against him.
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