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Women tackle pay gap all around the world
March 8, 2012"Frozen in Time: Gender Pay Gap Unchanged for 10 Years" examines women's wages in 43 countries.
Read moreWomen’s leader warns that everyone’s health care is under attack
February 23, 2012Right-wingers are waging an assault on the rights not just of women, but of all workers.
Read moreHonduran resistance group forms political party
February 21, 2012Honduras' National Front for Popular Resistance gathered in Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11-12, to launch a political party. The name, Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), is timely: Honduras is mired in catastrophe.
Read moreBlack History Month: Happy birthday Nina Simone
February 21, 2012Legendary artist and civil rights activist Nina Simone was born 79 years ago today, Feb. 21, in Tryon, North Carolina.
Read moreToday is 75th anniversary of Rep. Barbara Jordan’s birth (with video)
February 21, 2012The daughter of a minister and domestic worker, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the deep South.
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