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Climate march underscores the high stakes of using palm oil
October 3, 2014Palm oil imports to the U.S. have increased 485 percent in the last decade, and companies producing palm oil are cutting away massive tracts of rainforest.
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Houston students debate rising tuition and debt in lively forum
October 3, 2014Students shared their stories of having to work low-wage jobs to pay high tuition costs.
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Connecticut activists mark Freedom Summer anniversary
October 3, 2014The powerful presentation and discussion involved sharing of Mississippi experiences, and throughout the leitmotif repeated: "Organize! Organize! Organize!"
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Calif. Gov. Brown vetoes pro-farmworker bill
October 3, 2014The measure would have removed a roadblock growers use to prevent contracts with workers, primarily represented by UFW, from taking effect.
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N.Y. and D.C low-wage workers win big
October 3, 2014More than 200,000 low-wage workers got big wins from New York Mayor de Blasio and the Obama administration's Labor Department.
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