Zimmerman verdict becomes rallying point for social justice action
"If anything good is to come, this is the time to build a movement," said national NAACP spokesman Eric Wingerter this weekend as his organization gathered for its national convention.
Jailed for justice at July 8th’s Moral Monday
Over 4,000 North Carolinians came together during the first day of the workweek to protest and participate in acts of civil disobedience.
Immigration reform threatened in the House
This week, immigration reform advocates face some of their biggest hurdles ever.
“Dreamers” descend upon House to demand immigration reform
Six years ago, Evelyn Rivera saw her mother hauled away to jail and deported before her very eyes. This week, she marched on Washington to get her mother back.
What the June unemployment figures mean for workers
At the current slow rate of economic recovery, it will take until 2020 to close the gap in the labor market, says a top economist.
Union: Lack of NLRB endangers social media free speech
The lack of a functioning National Labor Relations Board within two months threatens workers' free speech rights on social media, as well as in more traditional speech, the Communications Workers say.
What next for immigration reform legislation?
What is clear is that the immigrant rights movement is facing the fight of its life.
Stop and Frisk: What Mayor Bloomberg really thinks
Mayor Bloomberg tried to defend his position supporting the NYPD's massive stop-and-frisk program directed against minority youth.
St. Louis says "Si Se Puede" for immigration reform
"We all come from somewhere else. Immigrants are a part of the fabric of America."
Supporters urge passage of “way overdue” immigration reform
"The sky didn't fall when I won my legal status during the last immigration reform of 1986 and the sky will not fall when we pass this immigration reform."
