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Fast food worker forced from Mexico barely makes it in New York
May 12, 2015He makes $6.40 an hour delivering pizzas by bicycle; he has one day off a week; he is living in a studio apartment uptown with six other people; the rent is $1100.
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Video: Minnesotans march for worker rights, $15 an hour
May 12, 2015Local organizations and unions gather in the Twin Cities on April 15 for the national actions in the fight to raise wages.
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Iraq says ISIS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations
May 12, 2015Experts speculate that large pieces are destroyed for the benefit of the cameras, while more portable items are smuggled to dealers in Turkey.
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Discrimination against black students rampant in Louisiana school district
May 11, 2015One black eighth-grader spent six days in juvenile detention after being arrested for throwing Skittles candy at another student.
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President’s push for trans-Pacific trade deal hard to fathom
May 11, 2015Obama's attempt to hammer through a multination "trade" agreement with Pacific Ocean rim nations is hard to understand.
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