BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Beattie, who has a long record of racist, misogynistic, and extremist rhetoric, will now be responsible for shaping U.S. messaging abroad, including on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While congressional Republicans have remained largely silent, GOP officials privately admit that the Trump administration’s offer to pay federal employees beyond the government’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Advocates emphasized that DEI policies benefit everyone by promoting fairness and innovation.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Kamala Harris is the leader America needs,” the Obamas announced in a forceful statement. “We are thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris as the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Scheduled for June 29th, the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C.: A Call to the Polls...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The transition to the new DEI requires a commitment to ongoing self-reflection, learning, and action at both the individual and organizational levels. It...
By Zack Haber Residents in Oakland and throughout the Bay Area are supporting efforts to stop the construction of The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which...
By Nat Bates (Former Richmond City Councilmember Nat Bates, who at age 91 was the nation’s oldest elected official, penned this farewell speech for his final...
By Ken Epstein | Post News Group The Oakland Post recently received a copy of an ethics complaint filed with the Oakland Ethics Commission about the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Flood fought a multi-year court battle, ultimately ending in the Supreme Court, trying to end the reserve clause and institute free agency (the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The media is in a state of great disruption, but despite all of the change, one thing remains the same: the role of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Despite the fact that the people of Darfur are mainly Muslim, the Khartoum government and their allies in the region have treated them...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite being portrayed as public health solutions, [beverage taxes] end up harming the exact residents that they are supposed to help – primarily...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Back in the day, campaign events like the one held last Thursday were well-attended festivities organized by the unions that represent government...
NEW YORK (AP) — It could be easier for unions to bargain for better pay and working conditions on behalf of millions of workers at...
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The choice facing labor unions in the Democratic presidential race boils down to hearts or heads — Bernie...
MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board on Monday blocked a historic bid by Northwestern University football players to form the...
(Politico) – Labor won big on trade last week, but Democrats are still seething over the scorched-earth tactics that unions employed en route to their dramatic,...
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Expanding their battle with organized labor, Republican lawmakers in the Midwest are moving to scrap labor laws that...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Organized labor’s fierce opposition to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda threatens to split the political left and deal a...
J. Weston Phippen, THE NATIONAL JOURNAL (The National Journal) — As the country added 280,000 jobs in May, unemployment remained unchanged this month, though it...
CHICAGO (New York Times) — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who began building a national profile four years ago by sharply cutting collective bargaining rights...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is raising starting wages for more than 100,000 U.S. department managers and workers in its deli...
JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — It’s not just Gov. Scott Walker. Republican lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to...