Thanksgiving
View from Indian country: Turkey with a side of death
November 26, 2014The nation will be gathering for a day set aside for turkey eating and football. But underneath the merriment is a false history that is also celebrated.
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American Grace
November 26, 2014"Remember those who grew this food, who picked and packed, who shipped and sold..."
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Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday
November 26, 2013President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.
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The real turkey talk at our dinner table
December 2, 2011My mother and stepfather live in Festus, Mo. They are working class folks.
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Unions — a reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving
November 25, 2010Thanksgiving is a grand American holiday: secular, focused on family, food, friends, celebrating and giving.
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