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Rail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains
July 2, 2015They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.
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Time to unite against racist terror
June 19, 2015"In the spring of '69, Daily World editors asked me to travel down to Charleston, S.C. to cover a strike by Hospital workers, Local 1199."
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To Mother Emanuel’s Denmark Vesey: your fight goes on!
June 19, 2015Fighting off racist attacks is nothing new for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
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Nine dead after hate crime in historic S.C. black church
June 18, 2015The gunman stayed for nearly an hour at the prayer meeting Wednesday night before shooting the victims - six females and three males.
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Leo Gerard: Fast Track wrong for workers and environment
June 11, 2015"Leaders from environmental, labor, civic, and faith groups agree: Fast Track is a bad deal for our climate and our communities."
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