Four labor/community leaders receive Hershel Walker Peace & Justice Award
Four organizers and activists were honored at this year's awards event sponsored by the People's World.
Women's rights group hails and right wing slams new overtime rule
The Economic Policy Institute estimates 12.5 million workers will be newly eligible for overtime pay or see their existing rights strengthened, including 6.4 million women.
New York City protesters demand justice for slain Honduras activist Berta Cáceres
Advocates call for an independent investigation, as well as an end to U.S. military aid and military training in Honduras.
Horrific police killing of young Navajo mother Loreal Tsingine
Loreal Tsingine, a 27-year-old Navajo mother, was shot to death by police in Ariz.; Native Americans express outrage, saying it is part of genocide.
Samaria Rice appeals for unity at Kent State commemoration
"You are not born with it, you are taught racism; let's look for a cure to racism just as we seek cures to other diseases."
On May Day
It's often forgotten, but May Day, the original, real, workers' holiday, originated in the U.S.
Dead miners’ families react to coal criminal Blankenship’s 12 month jail sentence
Convicted coal criminal Don Blankenship appeared in federal court for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Irene Berger last Wednesday.
Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
Florida beach town says “no” to hate
People in the small Florida town of New Smyrna Beach gathered Sunday, Mar. 13 for "Neighbors Together."
AME Church founder Richard Allen honored on a new stamp
He was an inspiring figure whose life and work helped shape American history.
