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Fifty years ago, more than 200,000 people gathered in the nation?s capital to demand civil liberty and economic opportunity for all. The march was the largest demonstration for jobs and freedom in the country?s history, and it was there that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his celebrated ?I Have a Dream? speech. This Saturday, civil rights, labor and social justice organizations will be rallying once again on the National Mall to honor the historic demonstration.

Check out these great photos of CWAers in Missouri and Saint John, NB Canada who are building our movement for economic justice and democracy!

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Monday signed into law an extreme voter suppression bill that puts heavy restrictions on the state?s voters. It immediately was challenged by the North Carolina NAACP, the Advancement Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the League of Women Voters, Common Cause and the A. Philip Randolph Institute.

Immigration reform advocates aren?t taking an August recess. Across the country, CWA activists and partners are flooding town halls, meeting with their members of Congress and holding rallies to support a comprehensive bill with a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrations.