Today in history: Maya Angelou passes one year ago
The multi-talented, much beloved Maya Angelou died one year ago today at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.
This week in Indigenous news: Memorial for fallen Native warriors
Here are some of the memorials honoring our fallen Native warriors across the country.
Populism 2015 Conference launches campaign for "new" economy
They came from across America to launch a wide ranging, broad-based plan to make things right.
NY Better World Awards honor activists, salute protests
Good food and politics were in ample supply at the annual New York Better World awards.
Northwest Indiana: Fighting the right with people power!
Republicans are expecting a typical midterm election year where the disenfranchised (youth, women, organized labor, Latinos, and African Americans) stay home.
Some 400,000 climate marchers paint New York green
Generating some of the most excitement were activists from other nations who stood in solidarity with their peers.
Activists gather for the Green line to the climate march
"This march represents an incredible diversity of people, all realizing that this is the same fight."
Election mandate calls for unity and jobs
Led by New Haven Rising, unions of Yale University workers and community groups, hundreds of volunteers knocked on doors across the city this summer and fall to discuss issues and organize a large voter turnout.
Conn. vigil remembers slain youth
Young people organized a candlelight vigil to remember the 34 people who were killed in 2011, and to highlight the link between joblessness and violence.
Hundreds remember ReeAnne Halonen, 1943-2010
ReeAnne Halonen got her last wish. A Dixieland band on Nov. 14 led family and friends with trumpet and trombone blaring in a funeral procession up the street to a park two blocks from her home.
