Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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North Carolina crowd roars at governor: “Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!!”
July 2, 2013Nearly 5,000 protesters at a "Moral Monday" rally roared disapproval of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's decision to terminate federal jobless benefits.
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DuBois Clubs reunion: Memories, battles yet to be fought and won!
June 18, 2013Laughter, tears, and vivid memories flowed at the DuBois Clubs reunion as about 100 men and women celebrated the 50th anniversary of the multi-racial, working class, youth organization.
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Will Parry, labor and retiree advocate, 1920-2013
May 17, 2013Will Parry," a warrior for working people for more than seven decades," died May 13 at the age of 93.
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“This is only round one,” Obama says, after gun curbs fail
April 18, 2013"All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington."
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Paperworkers end strike, resume talks with Nippon
March 26, 2013Union paperworkers walked their picket line round-the-clock last week demanding that Nippon Paper resume "good faith" contract talks. They ended the walkout when the company came back to the bargaining table.
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Margrit Pittman: 1919-2013
March 11, 2013Margrit Pittman, a working class journalist and lifelong advocate of world peace, equality, and socialism died Feb. 4 in New York City. She was 93.
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The war in Newark, 1967
February 27, 2013I sat for two hours copying word for word the reports of the gunshot wounds that ultimately killed 26 people in Newark. Most of them died from gunshot wounds in the back.
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Obama launches jobs drive with State of Union speech
February 13, 2013President Obama laid out a second-term agenda to create jobs, increase the minimum wage, promote science and education, stop gun violence, and defend voting rights.
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