Denise Winebrenner Edwards

Denise Winebrenner Edwards is a long-time trade union and community activist. She lives in western Pennsylvania.

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NATIONAL CLIPS: November 10
November 9, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
CHARLESTON, W.Va.: Protest demands hate crime charge HOUSTON: Commit a racist act, lose your job EVANSVILLE, Ind.: Voters ‘step up’ to halt climate change ATLANTA: Majority of Southern students are poor
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NATIONAL CLIPS: Oct. 13
October 12, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
TACOMA, Wash.: Watada trial postponed BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Front page sparks fight for equality WINFIELD, W.Va.: Cancer victims sue Monsanto JENA, La.: Rocker’s song invokes mayor’s protest
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NATIONAL CLIPS: Oct. 6
October 5, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
BOULDER, Colo.: Students walk out protesting pledge KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Churches offer shelter to undocumented workers MILWAUKEE: March celebrates struggle to desegregate housing SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Republicans abandon ‘stealth’ election trick
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Black Caucus meets to unleash the power
October 5, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
WASHINGTON — With determined strides, warm hugs and the steely glint of struggling for justice in their eyes, over 20,000 African American leaders from all walks of life, from students to Ph.D.s, from business executives to...
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20,000 to attend Black Caucus meet
September 28, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
Against the background of the historic Jena Six march in Louisiana, deepening poverty in African American neighborhoods, a raging war in Iraq and a growing prison population, over 20,000 political activists, students and clergy will converge...
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NATIONAL CLIPS: September 29
September 28, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
RICHMOND, Va.: Insurance cos. tell amputees: ‘Legs a luxury’ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: Council votes to bring troops home HOMER CITY, Alaska: Down with the king, impeach! COLLEGE PARK, Md.: U of M investigates noose
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Striking loggers, environmentalists unite
September 21, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
PITTSBURGH — In front of 100 Home Depot stores in Canada and the United States, members of the United Steelworkers and environmental activists from the Sierra Club and the Rainforest Action Network will be distributing flyers,...
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NATIONAL CLIPS: Sept. 22
September 21, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards
WASHINGTON: Thousands march against the war MILWAUKEE: Workers jam park vs. crackdown on undocumented TUSCALOOSA, Ala.: School ‘resegregation’ plan protested TRENTON, N.J.: State sues over children’s health insurance
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