As mayors meet in San Francisco, ending racist violence is a theme
One issue kept resurfacing: how to confront and deal with the virulent racism that remains a current in U.S. life.
In Charleston, a city comes together in wake of racist killings
Twenty thousand people came together on a bridge in Charleston, marching in the name of love and unity against racist violence that took the lives of nine people in a historic black church. .
Today in history: 150th anniversary of Juneteenth
It honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Suit alleges U.S. violates rights of immigrant detainees
Immigrants cannot be "punished," except by a court via due process of law.
UFC's ultimate fighters battle for fair treatment
Sara McMann researched and found that 86 percent of women fighters in the UFC could be negatively impacted by the deal with Reebok.
Texans exhale as legislative session ends
In Texas, labor's victories consist not in getting legislation passed, but in stopping some of the worst of the worst.
Labor led coalition wins victories in Philly primary
The city's labor movement came together to nominate James Kenney as the Philly Democrats' mayoral candidate this November.
Partisan ruling by Appeals Court blocks Obama immigration program
Immigrants' rights activists and their supporters, more organized and united than ever, vow not to be intimidated and to fight on.
Rolling one-day strike closes Washington state schools
Thousands of union school workers in 60 districts across Washington are staging a "rolling one-day walkout" to protest the Republican-controlled State Senate's refusal to fully fund public schools.
Democratic flip-floppers let Senate start debating fast-track
Following arm-twisting from Obama, 10 Senate Democrats who had voted against debate on fast-track changed their positions.
