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Michael Moore

May 27, 2015

Store Cleaners File Class Action Suit for Back Pay, Set Strike Date

MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) - Janitors who clean big-box and department stores in the Twin Cities announced two key developments in their campaign for better wages and working conditions: Setting a new...

Eliza Dewey |

May 27, 2015

‘Funeral’ Mourns Lack of City-funded Youth Jobs

Youth organizers staged a ‘funeral’ procession for youth jobs in downtown Boston last week to criticize the lack of significant funding increases in the city’s budget for summer and year-round...

Linda Borg 

May 26, 2015

60 High Schoolers Protest at Providence City Hall

PROVIDENCE — Chanting "Keep Your Promise" and "My Feet Hurt," more than 60 Providence high school students made repeated laps around the inside of City Hall and urged Mayor Jorge...

Brian Maffly

May 21, 2015

Governor Touts $21B Energy Sector While ‘Zombies’ Protest Utah’s Fossil-fuel Bias

The energy sector fuels $21 billion in economic activity for Utah, eclipsing outdoor recreation and tourism, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday at his annual Energy Development Summit. A new report,...

Mitch Kellaway

May 13, 2015

LOOK: This New Orleans Billboard Makes 400K Aware of Transphobic Violence Daily

See photo here. New Orleans LGBT youth of color activist group BreakOUT! has one simple question: Where is the national outrcry over the murders of trans women of color? Already...

Gabriel J. Sanchez

May 13, 2015

Protesters Campaign Against the Use of Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

East Bay residents are joining with demonstrators across the state to protest against what advocates call “solitary confinement” on the 23rd of each month. The first joint protest was on...

Debbie Kelley

May 8, 2015

Biofuel Co-op Eager to Provide Alternative Fuel in Pikes Peak Region

An idea that's been puttering along for several years has gained enough momentum to generate excitement among local alternative fuel supporters. Members of Colorado Springs Biofuel Co-op, a group that...

Clara Lefton

May 7, 2015

LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace: Local Orgs. Provide Support

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people has been a hot topic in the media recently after Indiana passed its Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, RFRA. The...

Whitney Randolph

May 2, 2015

Protesters March on Marks Farms Following Alleged Beating, Firing of Worker

LOWVILLE — Three organizations that support immigrant farmworkers held a peaceful protest Friday at Marks Farms in response to an incident in which an employee was allegedly beaten and fired...

Linda Borg 

May 1, 2015

Providence Students to R.I. Lawmakers: Repair Our Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Forty Providence high school students rallied at the State House Wednesday to demand money to repair school buildings they say are unfit for learning and, at times,...

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Store Cleaners File Class Action Suit for Back Pay, Set Strike Date

‘Funeral’ Mourns Lack of City-funded Youth Jobs

60 High Schoolers Protest at Providence City Hall

Governor Touts $21B Energy Sector While ‘Zombies’ Protest Utah’s Fossil-fuel Bias

LOOK: This New Orleans Billboard Makes 400K Aware of Transphobic Violence Daily

Protesters Campaign Against the Use of Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

Biofuel Co-op Eager to Provide Alternative Fuel in Pikes Peak Region

LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace: Local Orgs. Provide Support

Protesters March on Marks Farms Following Alleged Beating, Firing of Worker

Providence Students to R.I. Lawmakers: Repair Our Schools

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