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Trump’s holiday ‘gift’ to the needy: No more Medicaid or food stamps
December 21, 2018Ebenezer Scrooge has met his match in Donald Trump.
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Philly gets a raise
December 21, 2018More than 130,000 workers in the hospitality, fast food, and other sectors will be impacted.
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Saying “Enough is enough!” Los Angeles teachers set strike date
December 21, 2018A line has been drawn in the sand. All eyes are now set on Jan. 10, 2019.
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Unions, civil rights group pan Trump “school safety” commission’s recommendations
December 20, 2018One DeVos recommendation—restoring discrimination in discipline of “problem” students—is thinly veiled racism against young African Americans, says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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‘Moral disaster’ unfolding in child migrant detention centers
December 20, 2018Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again.
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