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  • News Roundup 8/19/16

    News Roundup 8/19/16

    With the dog days of summer upon us, we’re bringing back our news roundup to check in on what’s been happening in labor, in our cities and in our wild and changing world: The Fight for Fifteen held a national convention last weekend. It’s been a remarkable four years: from New York to the nation;…

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  • News Roundup 9/25/15

    News Roundup 9/25/15

    The Pope is in NYC, offering a takedown of “exclusion and inequality” while also jamming up traffic. A skilled practitioner in the art of direct action? You decide. In other news: John Boehner resigns from his congressional seat and position as Speaker of the House. (via The Nation) Pharmacy workers at a Target store in…

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  • News Roundup 8/14/15

    No matter where they might fall on the political spectrum, it seems like everyone’s got something to say about the presidential candidates — and it’s only August. And in the space of it — in no small part due to the tactics of some #BlackLivesMatter activists — people are talking about racial justice. Here’s some of…

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  • News Roundup 7/31/15

    News Roundup 7/31/15

    July flies by, swirls of activity and here we are: the fight for fifteen changing the landscape for low-wage workers across the country, while the deaths of Sandra Bland and Samuel Dubose make it clear that #blacklivesmatter remains as pressing as ever. Greenpeace activists in Portland, Oregon suspended themselves from the St. John’s Bridge to…

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