President Obama orders stronger federal equal pay rules
The president signed the order in a dramatic White House ceremony as Lilly Ledbetter stood beside him; it marked Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long a woman must work into 2014 to earn the same as a man did in 2013.
Today in Women's history: Birth of Effa Manley, baseball hall of famer
Effa Louise Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley. Her influence extended beyond baseball; she was active in the civil rights movement and a social activist.
Panel: Immigrants’ advocates should step up efforts in the states
Immigrants' advocates should step up efforts in the states, regardless of the fate of comprehensive immigration reform in D.C., a panel discussing the issue says.
Today in women's history: Civil rights leader and suffragist Ida B. Wells died
Wells was an outstanding civil rights activist and journalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
"America Needs A Raise" bus rolls into Maine
A Center for American Progress report found that raising the minimum wage will not only benefit workers and the local economy, but also will reduce taxpayer costs.
Debt, climate change, immigration top student agenda
College and graduate students from across the nation met at the 45th annual "Grassroots Legislative Conference," hosted by the United States Student Association, which has strong ties with the labor movement.
Today in women's history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
On March 24, 1974, the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded by some 3,000 women trade unionists from 58 labor organizations at a meeting in Chicago.
Right wingers besiege Dallas
Imagine living in a city striving to win the 2016 Republican Convention, already accepted a convention for the worst anti-worker political organizers in America, and trying to privatize their entire school district.
Join us Tuesday for a discussion on the assault on women's rights
Join us Mar. 18 for a conversation with Carolyn Trowbridge, long-time activist in the women's rights movement in Arizona. In her state and others, the right wing is undermining the right of women to determine what happens with their own bodies.
International Women's Day: Born in the USA
nternational Women's Day, grew from the struggle of working women to form trade unions and the fight for women's right to vote.
