elections2024
As Detroit celebrates Labor Day, UAW strike against Big 3 auto companies looms
September 5, 2023Michigan union leaders, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and thousands of workers march side-by-side in Detroit Labor Day parade.
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Empleo, justicia y preservación de la democracia fueron los temas clave de la Marcha sobre Washington
August 28, 2023La Marcha original de 1963 en Washington fue por “Empleo y Justicia”. Esos también fueron los puntos principales de esta marcha. Y también lo fue la política.
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Jacksonville mourns victims of white supremacist gunman, boos racist Republican Ron DeSantis
August 28, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who’s running for the GOP nomination, who has loosened gun laws in Florida, and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness”—was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil.
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Jobs, justice, preserving democracy key themes of the March on Washington
August 28, 2023Rev. Al Sharpton: “The Dreamers” Dr. King prophesied about in 1963 “are in Washington, D.C. The ‘schemers’ are being booked in Atlanta, in the Fulton County Jail.”
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‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are a problem; so are those south, east, and west
August 28, 2023“Rich Men North of Richmond” expresses class resentment with words and music evocative of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie aimed his fire at economic elites that oppressed hardworking Americans; Oliver Anthony has people looking in the other...
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