activism
Florida lawmaker backing raise-the-wage ballot initiative
February 17, 2015"A full-time minimum wage worker earns only $15,080 a year, making it nearly impossible to support a family and save for the future."
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California labor: “There are no jobs on a dead planet”
February 10, 2015The largest march against fracking in U.S. history included labor, indigenous rights, climate activists and many other groups.
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Today in African-American history: Fifteenth amendment ratified
February 3, 2015The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying citizens the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born
January 14, 2015Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.
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Amistad Awards show what solidarity looks like
December 11, 2014Honorees and attendees alike showed what solidarity looks like at the 2014 People's World Amistad Awards, "People & Nature before Profits."
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