Stop election piracy
The widespread use of voter suppression laws has created a national awareness among the electorate that it is time to review and revise the conduct of national elections.
Black History Month celebration honors community leaders
It was a night to celebrate, to recount history, to look to struggles yet to come. A night to dream, to dance, to sing songs, and hear poetry.
Federal IDs for all workers: A trial balloon?
The Senate is considering a bipartisan plan to require all working people in the U.S. to carry a biometric ID card with their finger prints or other markers.
Political and community leaders highlight strategies for African American community
A who's who of leaders in the African American community came together with hundreds of community members.
Communist Party head in historic debate at Univ of Georgia
In 1963, the Phi Kappa Literary Society at the University of Georgia invited a speaker from the Communist Party to the campus for a public debate.
Three coal plant shutdowns a victory for health and climate
Energy giant AEP announced it would be shutting down three coal-fired power plants in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky after growing pressure and opposition by environmentalists.
The people have spoken: Save our schools!
Hundreds of students, teachers, parents, staff members, and allies packed Chicago's Fuller Park Fieldhouse Thursday night.
Tens of thousands take part in anti-austerity rallies
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took part in a "citizens' tide" against austerity on Saturday on the 32nd anniversary of an attempted Falangist coup.
Ghosts of Memphis’ slave past: Fallout over renaming Confederate parks
The effort to rename Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, a memorial to the Confederate General, pre-war slave trader, and post-war founder of the Ku Klux Klan, recently began.
State takeovers of cities and schools are un-American
Michigan's state takeovers of cities and school districts have been very harmful to the public's interests.
