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Labor stalwart Lonnie Nelson dies at 83
February 14, 2014She was 83 years old and was active in the people's movements and in her Communist Party club until stricken by a stroke a few days before her death, Feb. 12.
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Unionists, greens start “Repair America” drive
February 14, 2014They hope the campaign will resonate with voters concerned about low incomes, citizens worried about climate change and lawmakers who will respond to pressure on both.
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Union leaders hail Obama order raising minimum wage for contract workers
February 14, 2014They urged other politicians, notably lawmakers in Congress, to follow his lead and raise the national minimum wage.
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Go see Duke Ellington’s sweet, tangy “Queenie Pie”
February 14, 2014Ellington was one of the most versatile figures in music of the 20th century, but most people do not know that from the 1930s on, Ellington worked intermittently, all the way up to his death in...
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Today in black history: Anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass born
February 14, 2014He became a leader of the abolitionist movement after escaping slavery in 1838, and went on to become an excellent lecturer and writer.
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