Calls grow for investigation into Chicago's Homan Sq. 'Gestapo tactics'
Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
Voting summit carries on march for voting rights
As the march from Selma continues, there's a movement to end the most anti-democratic features of election law.
Activists conduct peaceful disobedience to aid formerly incarcerated
The Labor Council's statement called incarceration "a labor issue," and urged Alameda County to "be a leader and a model in California"
Florida lawmaker backing raise-the-wage ballot initiative
"A full-time minimum wage worker earns only $15,080 a year, making it nearly impossible to support a family and save for the future."
Have a heart, Wendy’s! Valentine’s Day weekend of action
Of the largest fast food corporations in the country, Wendy's alone is the only one that has refused to join the Fair Food Program.
Today in African-American history: Fifteenth amendment ratified
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying citizens the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
The wedding of the century
A four-year romance became the celebration not just of two people being joined together in marriage, but that of a family's triumph over injustice and discrimination.
Republicans step up their attacks on immigrants
After the Republican majority was elected, Richard Trumka warned its defunding proposal "would further exploit and force our community members to continue to live and work in fear."
Rick Perry and Chris Christie interrupted in Iowa by Dreamers
Today, a group of undocumented youth interrupted prospective 2016 Presidential candidate and former Texas Governor, Rick Perry.
Union-led democracy initiative may tackle politicization of state courts
The union-led Democracy Initiative, founded and led by the Communications Workers, will tackle politicization of state courts, a senior strategist says.
