Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S. multinational nonprofit news agency that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. Most of the AP staff are union members and are represented by the Newspaper Guild, under the Communications Workers of America, under the AFL–CIO. The Associated Press (AP) es una agencia de noticias multinacional estadounidense sin fines de lucro que opera como una asociación cooperativa no incorporada. La mayor parte del personal de AP son miembros del sindicato y están representados por el Newspaper Guild, en el marco de Communications Workers of America, en el AFL-CIO.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Associated Press

Ruby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
June 12, 2014 By Associated Press
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.
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U.S.

Author, poet, activist Maya Angelou dies at age 86
May 28, 2014 By Associated Press
Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday morning at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, her son, Guy B. Johnson, said in a statement.
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World

Catastrophic destruction from floods in Balkans, landmines swept away
May 21, 2014 By Associated Press
Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war.
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Labor

College athletes can unionize, NLRB says
March 27, 2014 By Associated Press
A federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.
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U.S.

Thousands in Washington protest government spying
October 28, 2013 By Associated Press
The march attracted protesters from both progressive and conservative groups in opposition to unlawful government spying on Americans.
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U.S.

Attorney General launches new voting rights battle
July 25, 2013 By Associated Press
The Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to voter protections.
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U.S.

President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma
June 3, 2013 By Associated Press
President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
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U.S.

Documents reveal sexual assaults in military a growing epidemic
May 8, 2013 By Associated Press
Up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year, according to a troubling new estimate, which comes just days after the Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention was arrested for groping a...
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