
Alabama to pay $580,000 because of unconstitutional anti-immigrant law
"This lawsuit put a swift end to a cruel, discriminatory, and unlawful effort to drive immigrant families out of their homes."

National forum on police crimes to be held in Chicago
The forum is devised to promote a "renewed effort to build a multi-racial, multi-national movement" against police crimes, government surveillance, mass incarceration, and more.

President Obama orders stronger federal equal pay rules
The president signed the order in a dramatic White House ceremony as Lilly Ledbetter stood beside him; it marked Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long a woman must work into 2014 to earn the same as a man did in 2013.

Fast for families activists demand Cantor support immigration reform
On February 24, two buses, one with a northern route, the other covering the south departed from Los Angeles. to visit 70 cities, ending up in Washington on April 9.

Unions hail NLRB official's ruling that college athletes can unionize
It would be a landmark victory for college athletes, whose scholarships are now awarded at the whim of their institutions and who have little or no protection against on-the-job injuries.

"Truthful Tuesday": Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina
"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.

Prosecutor aims to increase Marissa Alexander sentence to 60 years
The national Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign is resolved to fight for Marissa Alexander's freedom, and for the lives and freedom of all victims of domestic violence.

The sun shone on massive North Carolina Moral March
The march, organized by the NAACP, labor unions, and religious leaders, amounted to a dramatic comeback of the Moral Monday protests that drew the nation's attention here over the last year.

Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem
The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.

Ala. board approves pardons for “Scottsboro Boys”
The state's parole board wrote a new ending for the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" rape case Thursday morning by approving posthumous pardons more than 80 years after the arrests.

