AFL-CIO opens Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta
Today kicks off the AFL-CIO's 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta.
California lawmakers seek to restore social services funds
Many Democratic state legislators are eager to restore the massive funding cuts suffered by human services programs in recent years.
High and low points of Connecticut’s history with Cuba
The Dec. 17, 2014 announcement by President Obama establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba was a day we thought we might never see.
New tasks for the Cuba solidarity movement
Obama's announcement was "a major step forward toward ending the 55-year cold war with Cuba."
AFGE says military overspending led to unpaid furloughs
"DoD spending on service contracts is closing in on $200 billion annually; already, it is more than double the cost of the Department's entire civilian workforce."
Obama’s historic shift on U.S.-Cuba relations
Americans and Cubans woke up on Dec. 17 to the jaw-dropping news that the U.S. is making a monumental shift in its relations with Cuba.
U.S. and Cuba announce re-establishment of diplomatic relations!
Obama and Raul Castro announced a breathtakingly radical agreement to change the relationship between the two countries.
Breaking news: Obama freeing remaining three of Cuba 5
The remaining three of the Cuba 5 are being freed in a new deal between President Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro.
Inside story on how one little city slew an oil dragon
A dragon by the name of Chevron, breathing a fire fueled by Citizens United and $3.1 million in cash, succumbed to the people of the tiny city of Richmond, California.
With #ICantBreathe, new movement for justice inspires
In response to the police murders of Brown and Garner and the failure of grand juries to return indictments, a new movement for justice has emerged.
