Republicans lying about train safety funding
By mid-day Thursday, at least seven people were dead with more than 200 injured, in the wake of Tuesday's Amtrak train derailment.
Protesters set up “Raunerville” outside Illinois governor’s penthouse
Nearly 200 Chicagoans rallied in front of the building where Gov. Rauner owns a lakefront penthouse.
NY Governor Cuomo announces support for raising minimum wage
"It's a question of simple math: You cannot support a family in New York for $18,000 a year."
Video: Minnesotans march for worker rights, $15 an hour
Local organizations and unions gather in the Twin Cities on April 15 for the national actions in the fight to raise wages.
Historians: History is more than an academic exercise
"History shapes and molds our perceptions of our past, present and future; it informs and builds a narrative: it provides lessons applicable to today's reality."
Legislators aim to expand rights of undocumented Californians
State legislative leaders were joined here by immigrant rights advocates as they announced the "Immigrants Shape California" legislative package.
Students in D.C. organize at debt's door: USSA LegCon 2015
The membership of the USSA sees student issues as intrinsically tied to economic, racial, and gender justice.
SEIU pledges “people power” to Garcia campaign in Chicago
One of Chicago's most influential labor groups took a stand Sunday in support of the candidacy of Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
Remembering women's history: Lucy Parsons died
Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.
Today in people's history: 1199 opposes the Vietnam War
Fifty years ago, on this day in 1965, District 1199 Health Care Workers became the first labor union in the United States to formally oppose the Vietnam War.
