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Philly hears calls to boost minimum wage
June 17, 2005PHILADELPHIA — A coalition of labor and community groups rallied here May 25 to demand an increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, which has remained frozen at $5.15 an hour for eight years. Rally speakers demanded that the...
Read moreA celebration of brave hearts and courageous acts
June 17, 2005Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits By Brook Shelby Biggs Anita Roddick Publications, 2003 Softcover, 251 pp., $15.00 This book is a collection of 33 short biographies about the lives and actions of people who are deeply committed...
Read moreBelafonte, Huffington honored for speaking truth to power
June 17, 2005NEW YORK CITY — “When Martin Luther King Jr. began to respond to the demands for justice, one of the first persons he called upon was Harry Belafonte,” said Andrew Young, a top aide to King,...
Read moreMore about white privilege concepts
June 17, 2005The following are reader responses to an article by Sam Webb, “Communists make key points on racism” (PWW 4/30-5/6). A discussion worth continuing By Joel Wendland Sam Webb’s article on the “white privilege” thesis opens an...
Read moreCorporate reparations and transgenerational trauma
June 17, 2005It’s admirable that Wachovia Corp., the nation’s fourth largest bank, under pressure from the cities of Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, finally revealed and apologized for their role in the heinous transatlantic slave trade. (“Wachovia finds...
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