Obama: “Shame on us if we’ve forgotten Newtown”
"Shame on us if we've forgotten," Obama said. "I haven't forgotten those kids."
Thousands in Harlem rally against gun violence
People at the rally. like most New Yorkers, seemed to agree that good jobs and good quality education for all are necessary steps to ending gun violence on the streets.
New York City elections hold promise of change
During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.
Workers coast-to-coast demand rollback of "sequester" cuts
At least 160 cities and towns across the country saw mass demonstrations yesterday against the "sequester" - the $85 billion in budget cuts over the next six months that Congress, through its inaction, has allowed to happen.
Service employees: Reform must include concerns of black immigrants
Judith Howell has a message for Congress: Pass comprehensive immigration reform and don't forget or brush aside the concerns of immigrants and their descendants who happen to be black.
Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
A mother fights gun violence
Janice gives much of her time trying to make life better for working people and people of color in her community, in her union and in the world.
Today in women’s history: Police evict striking Woolworth’s clerks
New York City police evicted and arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek.
Unions, environmentalists join to uphold California's landmark environmental law
A new coalition has formed to uphold the California Environmental Quality Act against business-backed attempts to weaken the state's landmark 1970 environmental safety law.
"Unsung heroes" fight for New York library funding
Library workers announced the launch of a new campaign to secure regular funding for the New York City's world-class libraries.
