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Even though AFT's press release explained the process of how members were polled, including several town hall meetings, multiple surveys and a "you decide" website, the announcement of the endorsement erupted a firestorm of outrage from AFT teacher members nationwide on twitter.

Since 2006, United for Peace & Justice has declared August Nuclear-Free Future Month: Time to Phase Out Nuclear Power and Start Negotiations on a Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons! As we approach the 70th anniversaries of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we have opportunity to impact people’s thinking, educate them about the crime of the A-bombings and the continuing dangers of nuclear weapons, and build popular movement to eliminate them.

The LA-based Center for the Study of Political Graphics highlights weekly topical political graphic art as well as serves as an important archive of political graphics and organizer of traveling exhibits. "Reclaiming the Power of Art to Educate and Inspire People to Action."

SundanceTV’s Southern Gothic drama is entering its third season of critical acclaim and low ratings, but its against-the-odds existence bodes well for the industry.

Hopes were high among environmentalists when a bill designed to protect California’s drinking water was introduced in the state Assembly earlier this year. After all, California has passed some of the most far-reaching environmental laws and regulations in the nation, and the state legislature is dominated by the Democratic Party, whose members are generally inclined to vote for tougher environmental standards. It never had a chance.

As the federal trial begins this week over North Carolina's restrictive voting law, civil right advocates will gather outside the courthouse in Winston-Salem to pray, teach and march for the unabridged right to vote.

A comprehensive new book, primarily aimed at East and South Asian factory workers, shows how to advance workplace health and safety from an organizing perspective.

Starbucks workers fought and won the right to display their tattoos using Coworker.org. Can even bigger victories for workers be next?

The Washington football team's name is a dictionary-defined slur—and now the federal Patent and Trademark Office has been ordered to cancel its trademark registration.

The flag may be wiped from state grounds and license plates, but its ideals live on in the GOP agenda