Health reform law still a big deal
A package arrived for me yesterday - something I ordered a while ago and then forgot about - my "Health Reform is a BFD" t-shirt! (Remember that: Joe Biden's muttered comment about just exactly how big a deal health care reform is?)
Some sobering notes on African American equality
The fact that institutionalized racism persist in our country is rooted in the historical reality of 250 years of slavery followed, after a brief period of civil war and democratic reconstruction, by over seventy years of Jim Crow terror and state sanctioned racist discrimination.
Court strikes blow against equal Internet access
A blow was struck to equal access to the Internet by a federal appeals court this week.
Criminal justice reform takes step forward
Small, but significant, victories are being made to reduce inequalities in criminal justice system.
Immigrants, allies prepare massive push for reform
A broad coalition which includes the AFL-CIO, Change to Win and dozens of immigrants' rights and civil rights groups is mobilizing for a mass march on Washington D.C. on March 21.
CPUSA @ 90: How Minnesota Communists helped organize car wash
We continue our series on the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party USA with an excerpt of an interview with Betty Smith, director of International Publishers - the publishing house of the CPUSA.
Black history event inspires activists to fight for equality
Black, brown and white unity has always been an important component in the struggle for African American equality.
CPUSA in the 1960s: an interview with Jarvis Tyner
Jarvis Tyner is the executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and the chair of the party's African American Equality Commission. He joined the CPUSA in the early sixties, just as the Civil Rights Movement was maturing.
Pentagon leaders say they favor gays serving openly
In a historic first, the Pentagon's top leaders called this week for an end to "don't ask, don't tell," the policy.
Chicago rally calls for full citizenship, equality and jobs
Religious, civil rights, and labor leaders and activists packed an historic African American church here to rally for immigration reform and jobs for all.
