Joe Bernick
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joe Bernick
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Labor
Salt of the Earth Labor College celebrates 20th anniversary
September 13, 2013TUCSON, Ariz. - When activists here launched Salt of the Earth Labor College in 1993 they didn't know exactly what to expect.
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U.S.
Arizona mural dramatizes killings by border agents
August 13, 2013"Mother Demands Justice" was the theme of a press conference and protest at the unveiling of a large public mural in downtown Tucson commemorating the murder of a Mexican teen.
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Labor
Arizonans fight to keep their mail coming (with video)
March 27, 2013Hundreds of passing drivers honked in solidarity with 200 postal workers and community supporters' who rallied here Sunday afternoon to "save the Postal Service."
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U.S.
Voter suppression scandal rocks Arizona
November 13, 2012Unlike other Americans, Arizonans were not able to wake up the next morning to news of the state's election results.
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U.S.
“Adios Arpaio” campaign heats up in Arizona
October 1, 2012The notoriously racist Tea Party darling likes to call himself "the toughest sheriff in the country," but it seems he is afraid to openly debate his main opponent.
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U.S.
How about a Puerto Rican senator from Arizona?
September 24, 2012The first-ever U.S. senator of Puerto Rican descent - elected not from New York, Massachusetts, or Illinois, but from Arizona.
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Opinion
Arizona needs a movement to repeal SB 1070
June 29, 2012Monday's Supreme Court decision on Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070 has engendered lots of commentary in the media and among elected officials.
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U.S.
Tea party takes a beating in Arizona
June 13, 2012Voters in southern Arizona's Republican-leaning 8th Congressional District resoundingly defeated the candidate who threatened to abolish Social Security and Medicare.
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