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2020 elections and organizational questions dominate Democratic Socialists of America convention
August 6, 2019“Unity is hard to build,” one delegate said. “It’s messy. There will be bumps in the road. It can be frustrating, but it’s something we have to deal with.”
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Stuck abroad: U.S. child begs Trump and Congress to save his life
August 5, 2019On Sun., July 7, 2019, Egyptian authorities arrested a U.S. citizen, Reem Desoky, and her child, Mustafa Hamed, when they arrived at the airport in Cairo.
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Socialist elected officials speak to the press at DSA convention
August 5, 2019“It is incumbent upon us to reclaim the narrative, to reclaim what socialism means and what it looks like."
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Letter carrier’s beat-up boots kick it at MDA summer camp
August 5, 2019I look down at the boots: a pair of black Tony Lama cowboy boots bought in a little store in Bandera, Texas in 1998 on my 39th birthday.
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El Paso overtakes Democrats’ pro-worker stands at AFSCME forum
August 5, 2019The mass murder of 20 people in El Paso, with another 26 wounded, overshadowed Democratic presidential hopefuls’ pro-worker stands at a special AFSCME forum.
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