Chicago alderman Rosa, community, activists denounce ICE raids on day laborers
Government agents raided a neighborhood location where immigrant workers gather, forcing a group of laborers to submit to searches.
Ferguson organizers hold training for peaceful protests
Organizers of protests planned in Ferguson are determined to see that it's peaceful. They will train people to ensure it stays that way.
Connecticut activists mark Freedom Summer anniversary
The powerful presentation and discussion involved sharing of Mississippi experiences, and throughout the leitmotif repeated: "Organize! Organize! Organize!"
Unions double down on Southern organizing after loss in Tennessee
"You can always count on the brave workers it takes to ensure that all workers will, in the end, participate in how decisions are made at their workplaces."
The sun shone on massive North Carolina Moral March
The march, organized by the NAACP, labor unions, and religious leaders, amounted to a dramatic comeback of the Moral Monday protests that drew the nation's attention here over the last year.
Today in black history: "Jail-No-Bail" campaign began in S.C.
SNCC leaders staged a Jail-No-Bail sit-in in solidarity with the imprisoned CORE activists. The sit-in re-energized the movement in Rock Hill, SC.
Moral Mondays and misestimated mandates
If you haven't heard about them already, "Moral Mondays" is the name given to a new protest movement in North Carolina.
Veteran activists should check out social media
Older activists shouldn't feel that they have to use Facebook just because they feel have no other choice for staying in touch, but for their very real value to the community.
Today in women's history: Mother Jones ordered to stop "stirring up" miners
She was banished from more towns and was held incommunicado in more jails in more states than any other union leader of the time.
