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"Our democracy is corrupted," wrote CWA President Larry Cohen in the latest issue of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council?s newsletter. "Money is not speech. Corporations are not people. Our path to change must rely on massive movement-building, uniting economic justice and democracy."

AFA-CWA has filed a lawsuit against Spirit Airlines for denying equal health care benefits to employees? legally recognized domestic partners. The lawsuit accuses the airline?s management of exploiting procedural loopholes to avoid this contractual obligation and forcing domestic partners into a lower-quality health care plan than the one covering other employees.

As hundreds of civil rights leaders and students gathered on the Supreme Court steps, CWA Staff Representative Judy Graves spoke out in support of the University of Texas?s race-conscious admissions process.

CWAers showed Houston what democracy looks like last week, as 200 members and leaders rallied at the annual CWA Civil Rights and Equity Conference.

Local union leaders honed their skills in public speaking, political action and more, graduating this week from CWA?s 2012 Minority Leadership Institute.