Valentine’s Day protest demands halt to sexual harassment
Union, community, immigrant rights, and faith group members gathered on Valentine's Day in front of Mi Pueblo Foods, in the heart of the heavily Latino Fruitvale district.
Today in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born
Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.
Va. election season underway
All 100 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates, lower house of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) and some local offices are up for grabs.
Ed Koch, hizzoner, had a dishonorable career
With all due respect, Ed Koch had elements good and bad, but nevertheless was beholden to the capitalist class.
Connecticut celebration highlights jobs and freedom
The event marks 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery and 50 years since the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Ted Nugent shoots his mouth off after Obama gun control remarks
Yesterday Nugent proved that he has no respect for the president, nor for those who fell victim to the country's unchecked wave of gun chaos.
Six steps! Leaders say, "Prep infrastructure for climate change"
Leaders of the labor-environmental group Blue-Green Alliance called on the president to launch and prioritize a national dialogue on climate change.
Obama expected to oppose forced cuts in State of Union
President Obama is expected to make a case against the budget-slashing sequester scheduled for March 1.
North Carolina "Historic Thousands" march for economic justice
Thousands poured out in for the Historic Thousands of Jones Street rally with the theme "Forward Together, Not One Step Back."
