Luis Rivas
LATEST ARTICLES BY Luis Rivas
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Opinion
My family pays rent, not a mortgage
July 23, 2014Families, having enjoyed the chance of purchasing a house, sending their kids off to college, working in and living a middle-class American life, were now almost suddenly losing it all.
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U.S.
LA joins the We are the 99 percent movement
October 5, 2011On Oct 1 people in Los Angeles came together from all walks of life to join in solidarity with the Occupy Movement on Wall Street, calling on the banks to pay their fair share.
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Labor
Unions warn about deceptive California ballot measure
August 12, 2011Wealthy conservatives are behind a ballot initiative that would restrict unions' involvement in political campaigns.
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World
Salvadoran student killed in struggle against toxic gold mining
August 3, 2011This story isn't about the community activist victims suspiciously killed in Cabañas, El Salvador, in the last two years.
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U.S.
NAACP: Over a century of struggle
July 29, 2011Since its founding 102 years ago, the NAACP has been at the forefront in the fight for civil rights and social justice for African Americans and all working people.
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U.S.
NAACP calls for end to “war on drugs”
July 29, 2011The NAACP put forth a resolution publically calling an end to the failed 40-year drug war, started in 1971 at the behest of President Nixon.
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Labor
NAACP rallies for grocery workers, labor rights
July 28, 2011Hundreds of delegates to the NAACP's 102nd convention marched in support of UFCW, which is in negotiations with supermarket companies.
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U.S.
Gay rights are civil rights, says NAACP’s Julian Bond
July 27, 2011NAACP hosts town hall meeting on gay, lesbian and transgender issues and homophobia.
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