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Christopher R. Martin

Christopher R. Martin is author of the forthcoming "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" from Cornell University Press. He is professor of Communication Studies and...

• Will Democrats reach rural workers in 2020?
• Anti-immigrant scare tactics wear thin among Iowa voters

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Blake Nicholson

Associated Press writer with over 20 years experience, writes from North Dakota.

• For some river towns, flood protection is simply too costly
• North Dakota tribes struggle against voter suppression

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Rob Harris

Covering global sports news for The Associated Press news agency: the news, politics, and finance of sport and games.

• In Paris, soccer players lay down ‘marker’ in fight against racism
• Soccer player Jadon Sancho stands for George Floyd on pitch, faces punishment

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Tamara Lush

Writes from Florida for Associated Press.

• Florida hurricane victims still waiting: “Where’s the help?”

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Ronald Blum

Baseball writer for the Associated Press.

• ‘The Franchise’ Tom Seaver, heart and mighty arm of the ’69 Miracle Mets
• Shortest season since 1878, union balks as Major League Baseball plans a 60-game slate

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Gus Hall

Gus Hall (1910-2000) served as leader of the Communist Party USA from 1959 until the time of his death. Born on Minnesota's Iron Range, he joined the Communist Party in...

• Fighting fascism in the USA: Lessons from history
• PW archives 1981: CPUSA leader Gus Hall on the attempted assassination of Reagan

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Maeve Mackinnon

Maeve Mackinnon writes for Morning Star, the British socialist daily.

• ‘Men’s rights movement’: A cover for violent misogyny

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Ken Estey

Ken Estey is an assistant professor in studies in religion. The author of "A New Protestant Labor Ethic at Work," his research centers on the intersection of politics and religion...

• Abortion and class inequality: Reproductive choice is only for the rich
• Working-class white evangelical women shifting away from GOP in Texas

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Center for Biological Diversity

The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future for wildlife and wild places.

• Trump plan to ramp up fracking, mining in National Forests threatens climate

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