James Raines
LATEST ARTICLES BY James Raines
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Labor
Fight for 15 movement hits Springfield, Missouri
April 23, 2014This Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri, a small group of fast food workers gathered in the meeting room of a public library to discuss their fight for a living wage.
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Rally in Tenn. demands LGBT rights
December 12, 2012All across the state, similar rallies took place to petition President Obama to sign an executive order barring discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Wal-Mart workers prepare for Black Friday strike
November 19, 2012This Black Friday, Wal-Mart associates plan to hold a series of actions at 1,000 Wal-Mart locations nationwide.
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Restaurant has to pay wages it stole from employee
September 27, 2012Workers in transparent rain ponchos hand out pale yellow fliers to people preparing to enter Lee Kan's Asian Grill in the Collierville Shopping Center.
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Group sees the disabled as their own best spokespeople
September 25, 2012Marian Bacon has worked at The Memphis Center for Independent Living, an action and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, for over five years.
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Vance community may face destruction
September 20, 2012The Vance Avenue neighborhood lies just south of downtown Memphis and is an area rich with African-American history.
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Coming out for equality in Memphis
September 17, 2012"This very ground was built on the struggle for equality and equal rights."
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Christian “charity” really slumlords
August 8, 2012Reverend Hamlet and Global Ministries Fellowship PAC are not running a charity.
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