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Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’: A working-class classic that still matters
May 14, 2026"The Harbor" does for the ship and dock workers of New York what Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" did for the immigrants working in the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
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Senate narrowly backs Trump’s war on Iran, 50-49
May 14, 2026They block War Powers Act, which would halt president’s trashing of Constitution.
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Cassie ‘Mama C’ Lopez honored as Oakland’s Mother of the Year
May 14, 2026“Throughout the years, Mama C was sometimes a foot soldier and other times a leader, immersed in some of the biggest national and citywide struggles of the day,” her husband, Juan Lopez, said.
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Clear and present danger: U.S. health officials, not hantavirus
May 14, 2026Trump’s crew is working overtime to open us up to a new pandemic.
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Voters trust unions over corporations to deal with AI
May 13, 2026Not so much the technology, but who controls it and for what purpose is the concern voiced in AFL-CIO poll.
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