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Tens of thousands of people are expected to converge on the National Mall in D.C. Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech to 250,000 supporters.
The lawyer for one of the 16-year-olds charged with fatally beating World War II veteran Delbert Belton said there's scant evidence against his client.
One of the largest wildfires in the history of California, which has raged for 11 days over rugged terrain near Yosemite National Park, continues to grow even as nearly 4,000 firefighters battle the blaze.
Fifty years ago, more than 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. NBC News asked six African-Americans who attended the march to share their memories of that day and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
PHOENIX — Lawyers for convicted killer Jodi Arias want her new sentencing moved out of the Phoenix metropolitan area because of excessive publicity.
In heart-wrenching testimony in the sentencing hearing of convicted Fort Hood, Texas, gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan, a widow vowed to overcome damage to her life done by the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 and wounded 31 in the deadliest rampage on a U.S. military base.
Last Saturday, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, the United Way and other organizations teamed up for the eighth annual "Back-to-School Free Haircut Day" at the Pfeiffer-Burleigh School playground in Erie County. Nearly 800 children attended, according to Ron Oliver, AFL-CIO's community services liaison for the area. Nearly all of the volunteers and funds to run the event were provided by the AFL-CIO and its affiliates. Children were given free haircuts, a free backpack and free food. Games and activities also were held to make the event even more fun for the children and families who participated.
Dozens of women leaders from labor and community groups joined with state, county and local elected officials at the Statehouse today to support raising New Jersey’s minimum wage and to commemorate Women’s Equality Day—the day the 19th Amendment was certified, granting women the right to vote. Speakers explained how approving the minimum wage ballot question would advance the fight for women’s equality in New Jersey and help to close the opportunity gap for thousands of women in the state who struggle to make ends meet in minimum wage jobs. Out of all minimum wage workers in New Jersey, some 60% of them are women.
On Aug. 22, the government of Brunei will kick off the 19th round of negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), a massive trade and investment pact among 12 Asia-Pacific countries, including all of North America, Australia, Malaysia and Vietnam. The latest country to accede is Japan.
A new article in The Washington Post traces the radical shift in America's business economics, from the formerly widespread belief that corporations had a strong duty to the community who buys their products to having no duty above maximizing profits. While many other companies have participated in this culture, IBM is used as a perfect example of how to ruin the culture at a corporation and the fallout that happens after for the broader community and economy.
