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Resisting the deportations: Trump’s modern-day Fugitive Slave Act
February 23, 2017In 1850, the federal government ordered states to deport “illegals.” Back then it was fugitive slaves; today it is undocumented immigrants.
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The president’s tough talk won’t fix Chicago
February 22, 2017Trump is fixated on the “carnage” going on in Chicago, saying he’ll “send in the feds.” Jobs and opportunity, not force, are the recipe for fixing the city’s problems.
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Is there any hope?
February 21, 2017Without it, there could be no struggle.
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Wally Kaufman, 89: union and Communist Party leader
February 17, 2017Kaufman was always ready to fight corporate power and anxious to share the rich wealth of his acquired wisdom.
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Unions can reverse racial wedge politics that divide workers
February 16, 2017Racial political appeals and promises to white workers often lead to the passage of harmful policies like “right-to-work” or corporate outsourcing, which pit workers against each other.
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