High school students protest gross inequalities in sports programs
Students held signs with startling numbers like "36,000 students of color go to high schools with almost no sports."
Today in women's history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867
Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.
Republicans step up their attacks on immigrants
After the Republican majority was elected, Richard Trumka warned its defunding proposal "would further exploit and force our community members to continue to live and work in fear."
Law center for Muslims to challenge presumption of guilt
The new law center is specifically for Muslims in the United States facing constitutional and civil rights violations.
AFL-CIO's Gebre pulls for immigrant voters in Denver
He stressed that Latinos, who make up 14 percent of the eligible voters in the state, were very powerful in determining the outcome of the election.
Labor journalist blames U.S. policy for child immigrant crisis
U.S. policies for decades forced kids and many of their parents to flee, because the U.S. made Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dangerous places.
Jose Antonio Vargas, immigrant rights leader, arrested by border patrol
United We Dream Minority Affairs Council said Vargas was in Texas this past weekend in solidarity with unaccompanied children who cross the Texas border fleeing for their lives.
Oklahoma TV station comes under fire for anti-immigrant slur
Members of Dream Act Oklahoma, which has been raising awareness about how undocumented workers contribute to Oklahoma, blasted KOTV for its discriminatory report
Arizona mural dramatizes killings by border agents
"Mother Demands Justice" was the theme of a press conference and protest at the unveiling of a large public mural in downtown Tucson commemorating the murder of a Mexican teen.
Court strikes down anti-immigrant housing law in Texas
Beginning in 2006, the city of Farmers Branch, Texas, passed a series of housing ordinances designed to prevent undocumented immigrants from being able to rent apartments or homes.
