Politics
Nashville celebrated its first Indigenous People’s Day this year
October 17, 2017The city joins a host of other municipalities across the nation that have passed similar recognitions recently.
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Labor unions bring real rebuilding assistance to Puerto Rico
October 13, 2017Trump blames the Puerto Ricans for their own problems and threatens to cut off all federal aid, but union volunteers are showing up withe real help.
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Today in women’s history: Long live Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 2017On this day 100 years ago, October 6, 1917, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Miss.
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Battle lines drawn over Confederate-named highway in northern Virginia
October 6, 2017The fight to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway is heating up.
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Progressive Caucus blasts Trump-GOP tax cut plan
October 5, 2017To stop the tax cut plan, “We have to buckle up and organize all over the country."
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