Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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U.S.
Three in a row: SCOTUS upholds marriage equality, Obamacare, Fair Housing Act
June 26, 2015"These decisions show how much is at stake in our nation's highest court and how critical it is that Americans consider the Supreme Court as we choose our next president."
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Opinion
Time to unite against racist terror
June 19, 2015"In the spring of '69, Daily World editors asked me to travel down to Charleston, S.C. to cover a strike by Hospital workers, Local 1199."
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U.S.
Rolling one-day strike closes Washington state schools
May 19, 2015Thousands of union school workers in 60 districts across Washington are staging a "rolling one-day walkout" to protest the Republican-controlled State Senate's refusal to fully fund public schools.
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Environment
Kayakers paddling in Seattle Port chant, “Shell No”
May 18, 2015"Climate Justice NOW," they roared at the oil rig, which loomed like a yellow Darth Vader along the mouth of the Duwamish River.
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U.S.
Lee Cain: he kept his eyes on the prize
April 23, 2015Lee Cain was a powerful orator who had toiled for years at the Dodge Main plant and was a leader of the Black Caucus of the UAW.
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Opinion
Erwin Marquit, 89: a lifelong communist
April 9, 2015Marquit was in the audience listening at the 30th Convention of the CPUSA when John Bachtell paid tribute to Party members who had died since the previous convention.
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U.S.
Debtors fight back at up-from-debt summit
March 18, 2015Hundreds of working people crowded a union hall here Mar. 14 and cheered calls for action to end the nation's debt crisis.
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Arts
NYU exhibit highlights Communist role in American music
March 9, 2015A new exhibit highlights the CPUSA's role in the renaissance of folk music and U.S. popular music in general during the 30s and beyond.
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