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Erica Meade

Erica Meade is an organizer with the Angelo Herndon Club in Atlanta, Georgia. She got her start in political organizing through mutual aid in D.C., her hometown, before becoming involved...

• Black Friday boycott pickets hit Target stores nationwide
• Capitalism scores goal after privatization splits Cyprus’ left-wing soccer team

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Taylor Sisk

Taylor Sisk writes for KHN (Kaiser Health News), a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Appalachia-focused healthcare journalist primarily focused on how policies and practices affect people’s...

• Black lung is back: Disease’s deadliest form sees ten-fold increase among Appalachian miners

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Jonathan Kuttab

Human rights activist, attorney Jonathan Kuttab is executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America: A Christian Voice for Palestine.

• Israelis protest to save ‘democracy,’ but what democracy is there in Israel?

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Carla Bridi

Carla Bridi is a Brasilia (Brazil’s capital) based reporter who works at Associated Press and more.

• After right-wing coup attempt, Lula reins in Brazilian army

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Emily Jane Dennis

Emily Jane Dennis writes from Virginia.

• Fairfax County, Va., residents demand answers following police killing of Timothy Johnson

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Adrian Torres-Trigo

Adrian Torres-Trigo is a Puerto Rican student of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University.

• D.C. Council resolution: Cuba is a target, not a terrorist state

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Yahily Hernández Porto

Reporter for the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, correspondent in Camagüey, Cuba.

• The rediscovery of Sara Gómez, Cuba’s finest female filmmaker

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Jesse Sherbourne

Jesse Sherbourne writes from Pennsylvania.

• Starbucks strike solidarity in small town Pennsylvania
• Restaurant workers quit after owner adds ‘Negro’ and ‘Caucasian’ cocktails to menu

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Linda Benesch

Linda Benesch is the Communications Director at Social Security Works.

• Workers pay Social Security taxes all year long, but the super-rich don’t

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