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Banned by Trump: The families affected by his Muslim “shutdown”
April 20, 2018“This is my real life. That’s what I’m fighting for,” Radad Alborati says, holding a photo of him and his sons. “This country is built on family. And this is my family.”
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Living wage lobbying: Restaurant workers bring business allies to D.C.
April 19, 2018The right-wing National Restaurant Association—“the other NRA”—is trying to preserve low-pay status quo for restaurant workers.
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Virginia: Will midterm elections bring an upset in November?
April 17, 2018The Democrats are feeling pretty good about this year.
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Progressive Change conference sessions teach candidates how to run campaigns
April 16, 2018It takes more than a mound of money to win an election, as 450 progressive candidates learned in seminars sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
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Thousands nationwide protest U.S. air strikes on Syria
April 16, 2018Demonstrators in D.C. and elsewhere not only said Trump didn’t prove his case, but that he wouldn’t even allow unbiased chemical weapons inspectors into Syria.
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