After Mayor Daley: activists look for coalition builder
Longtime Chicago independent political and labor activists weigh in on the recent announcement that Mayor Richard M. Daley will not seek his seventh term next year.
GOP wages war vs. local government
In Indiana, GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels is waging war on local communities.
Communist Party USA: 90 years of activism for socialism, democracy and peace
The Communist Party USA is celebrating its 90th anniversary. During the past nine decades it has been in the vanguard of the movement for progressive social change. Beginning in the 1920s, Communists have played central roles in the labor, civil rights and immigrant rights movements.
Mauricio Terrazas, Mexican American activist, dies at 92
LOS ANGELES — Mauricio Terrazas, a longtime Mexican American activist and trade unionist, died here recently at the age of 92.
