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Seattle raises minimum wage; will others follow?

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle activists celebrated a successful campaign to gradually increase the city's minimum wage to $15 by calling for a national movement...

New Hampshire town upset police official used 'N' word for Obama

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A police commissioner in a predominantly White New Hampshire town says he won't apologize for calling President Barack Obama the...

Presidential checklist: jockeying for position

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the latest prep work for a presidential campaign, Rand Paul is conspicuously courting moderate and establishment Republicans while Ted Cruz...

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than...

St. Louis trial highlights gender bias in pay

ST. LOUIS (AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys' golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive...

Do corporate leaders buy or earn diversity awards?

The NBA's decision to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fine him $2.5 million for his racist comments is big...

Banned for Life: Racist views exile Sterling from the NBA

Donald Sterling is being exiled for racist views shared in private. America cherishes its freedom of thought and speech. But Sterling's comments were so nakedly...

Election-year Senate vote nears on minimum wage

WASHINGTON (AP) — Win or lose — and they'll probably lose — Democrats hope this week's Senate showdown over raising the federal minimum wage...

Historic day as Northwestern players decide union

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — In a historic vote, Northwestern University football players cast secret ballots Friday on whether to form the nation's first union...

Fracking foes cringe as unions back drilling boom

PITTSBURGH (AP) — After early complaints that out-of-state firms got the most jobs, some local construction trade workers and union members in Pennsylvania, Ohio...

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