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  • Excelsior: Free Tuition for Whom?

    Excelsior: Free Tuition for Whom?

    By Steve Brier If you’ve at all been confused about or even impressed by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s widely touted Excelsior Scholarship program that was just voted into law by the New York State legislature, a good place to start to deal with your questions and concerns is Lauren Gurley’s article in the May issue of The…

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  • Tom Cat Workers Resist

    Tom Cat Workers Resist

    This article was originally featured at the Indypendent. By Astha Rajvanshi Workers at Tom Cat Bakery start kneading the day’s first loaves inside a Queens factory at 6 a.m. Soon after, the industrial-scale bakery begins delivering 400 varieties of baked goods to hotels, supermarkets, food chains and Starbucks locations across New York City. One of…

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