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“Walk All Night”: Documentary follows Chicago “bucket boys” to Senegal
August 18, 2016Social worker Elita Tewelde wanted to empower Chicago's bucket drummers, mostly young African American men and boys, through a connection to their past.
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Working Families Party endorses Clinton
August 18, 2016The next four years could be a huge opportunity to win a fair shake for working families. But that won't happen if Trump is president.
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Obama administration to end prisons-for-profits contracts
August 18, 2016"This is the first step in the process of reducing - and ultimately ending - our use of privately-operated prisons," Deputy AG Sally Yates announced.
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To November and beyond: #Fightfor15 convention showcases a worker-led movement
August 18, 2016Thousands of low-wage workers from across the country convened in the old capital of the Confederacy for the first ever national Fight for $15 meeting.
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The Occupy movement’s 99 percent vs. 1 percent? Setting our sights and steering our course
August 17, 2016Even if the Occupy slogan doesn't capture the main political dynamic of the present moment, its value lies in the fact that it gives us a star to steer by.
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