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  • Locke’d Out

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    Written by: Alvin Baugh In my first semester at the School of Labor and Urban Studies I was asked to read some writings by John Locke, a philosopher whose ideas are fundamental to the founding of the United States. As I read Locke, I saw an intersection between his ideas and my own life. Whether…

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  • Miriam Uribe Martinez Is Going the Distance

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    Miriam Uribe Martinez has already come a long way. And she has no intention of stopping now. Born in Mexico, Miriam’s parents brought her to the U.S. when she was seven. She grew up in California, undocumented, like her parents. “My parents worked in factories, in people’s homes, places where they couldn’t complain about unpaid…

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  • Raising Cain (and Baby) with Jimmy Bosco

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    Jimmy Bosco is from the working class and he is damn proud of it. “I always want to be a member of the working class,” he said. “That’s who I am. I’m rank and file, and I like working and being with the rank and file. I don’t feel like I necessarily need to be…

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  • Yasmina Moore Goes For It!

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    Yasmina Moore is doing it for herself. But she’ll be helping a lot of other people in the process. A candidate for the Master’s degree in Urban Studies, Yasmina says she enrolled at SLU “because I wanted to learn something. I love my job and I’m successful at it but I felt like my learning…

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