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Looking back at the 1964 Civil Rights Act
This July 2nd we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The most obvious and really glaring…
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Huge crowd for SF Pride
More than a million-and-a-half people celebrated lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/transgender/queer Pride in San Francisco the last weekend in June. Thousands joined…
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Hobby Lobby, Supreme Court: Fight back!
Heads up, ladies! If you are a woman who might need to make sure you don’t get pregnant (for whatever…
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Art and activism on display in Sacramento
The school to prison pipeline effects millions of young people each year and is one of the driving factors behind…
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When do Alito & Roberts defend free speech?
On June 30, the Supreme Court’s latest decision against unions was just one more step in the arch-reactionary majority’s drive…
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Heroin’s resurgence and other white lines
NYC’s firefighters and emergency medical technicians will today (7/1/14) begin to administer a medication that has the ability to rescue…
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No More Deportations contingent in Chicago Pride parade
A record number of over one million people attended Chicago’s Pride Parade. The refugee and immigrant rights contingent organized by…
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SCOTUS, lesser evils and how to win
The Hobby Lobby and Harris rulings handed down on June 30th are clear reminders of the reactionary times in which…
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Chicago minimum wage task force: CEOs in, workers out
So, the Mayor has put together a minimum wage task force. It’s supposed to make a proposal to raise the…
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Iraq, the anti-war movement & the struggle vs. capitalism
I gave the following as a talk at a Socialism Conference hosted by the Party for Socialism and Liberation celebrating…
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Bosses OUT of our uteruses!
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that in addition to free speech, corporations also have religious…
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Harlem raid: militarization of NYPD on display
On June 12, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance defended the police's raid of two housing developments in Harlem that resulted…
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Toothpaste bombs: Media forgets “our” terrorism
Prompted by a U.S. government leak designed to keep the American public’s fear of “terrorists” at a level high enough…
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Interview: Abolish the death penalty!
Liberation News went to Capitol Hill Pride in Seattle on June 28. Along with covering an intervention into the struggle…
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Kids these days
I recently came across this article about a survey done by a marketing firm on the preferences and attitudes of…
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Defending $15 at Capitol Hill Pride
In Seattle, on the day before the Pride Parade, merchants and community organizations in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood sponsor the…
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11th annual SF Trans March
Nic Janice Halfin (right) Thousands of trans persons and their allies gathered in Dolores Park for a rally celebrating the…
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Pesticides linked to greater autism risk
While Tennessee is set to implement a new law that criminalizes women for using drugs during pregnancy (despite inconclusive evidence…
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52,000 kids left behind
Children in immigration detention As a teacher of young children, I feel especially enraged by violence against children. That’s why…
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Supreme Court: What Noel Canning decision means for workers
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the President’s “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional,…
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