Michael Leonard
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Leonard
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Labor
Yuengling Brewery billionaire pushes “right-to-work” in my home county
July 1, 2014Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where I grew up, is famous for two things: anthracite coal and union organizing.
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Opinion
Union offers hope for this student writer
April 29, 2014As a student writer I have faced challenges in finding work. Whether it's writing articles or finding an unrelated job to support myself, the odds are against people like me.
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Opinion
My struggle for mental health care in a broken system
February 4, 2013I recently had to live through the experience of a mental health crisis. And it brought me into contact with one of the most broken social safety nets in the U.S.
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Opinion
Paul Ryan’s Pell Grant cuts are unjust, misguided
August 30, 2012In a time where tuition and books costs are strangling many low-income and working class students, why are we cutting when we should be funding this vital program?
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World
Vietnam considers same-sex marriage
August 8, 2012Today I am proud to call myself a socialist. And I am proud to be gay at a historic intersection of two diverse and compatible movements.
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Opinion
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is just crazy
July 31, 2012Honestly I thought all of this nonsense with voting rights was settled twice. First in 1865 and second in the 1960s. But voter ID laws have been popping up all over the country, wherever a Republican...
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Opinion
Pass the Student Loan Forgiveness Act
June 21, 2012Financial Aid Office, Business Office, Bursar: those are just some of the names that college students dread when it comes time to pay tuition.
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U.S.
Three cheers for Mariela Castro’s visit to the U.S.
May 21, 2012Mariela Castro, staunch advocate and supporter of LGBT causes, daughter of Raul Castro and neice to Fidel Castro, is coming to the United States.
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