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Series exposing conspiracy to deny black lung benefits wins award
August 13, 2014A coal industry conspiracy to deny black lung benefits to tens of thousands of coal miners has won the Heywood Broun Award from The Newspaper Guild.
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German sour pickles: Gauck, militarism, and Gaza
August 13, 2014When politicians vacation and little action is expected, the words German journalists use for this is "Saure-Gurken-Zeit" or "sour pickle time."
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Tulsa park commemorates 1921 race riot
August 13, 2014Travelers should consider going to Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconcilliation Park. The park commemorates the biggest race riot and massacre of American history.
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An interview with USSA’s Maxwell Love
August 12, 2014According to Love, students need to build "relationships with unions - on and off campuses, to build bridges in the community, students are workers."
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Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen’s strike
August 12, 2014On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
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