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All honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
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Warren and Sanders revive old social democratic idea to increase worker power
September 10, 2019Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have far-reaching proposals to give workers something even more important than money: power.
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Vote for Trump? You paved the way for all-out attack on unions
September 9, 2019Trump’s America is one with suppressed wages to boost corporate profits. We should be using our time and resources to move our unions forward, to elevate working families, not playing defense and fighting off efforts to...
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Millennial workers who question capitalism are on to something
September 5, 2019Maybe it’s time to follow the millennials’ lead, and really start questioning not just aspects of the U.S. system, but the very nature of the system itself.
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An (almost) death in the family, and the cost left behind
September 4, 2019Just as quick as the onset of stroke, the medical bills arrived in the mail, nearly half a million dollars of them.
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