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Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis
July 20, 2020“We want our freedom and we want it now,” the young John Lewis said at the Great Civil Rights March in 1963.
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Tens of thousands walk off job in ‘Strike for Black Lives’
July 20, 2020Strikers are demanding sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic racism and economic inequality.
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We cannot have the police viewing the people as the enemy
July 17, 2020Systemic racism will not end because some city leaders participate in painting “Black Lives Matter.” Those are valuable gestures, but deeper social changes are necessary.
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To labor cheers, Virginia OKs emergency anti-coronavirus safety standard
July 17, 2020And if the firms don’t obey, they’ll get hit in the pocketbook. The maximum Virginia fine will be $130,000 and there are no restrictions—including no restrictions on who is covered.
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Biden: Clean energy ‘must provide an opportunity to join a union’
July 17, 2020“Democrats will empower and stand with workers and communities who have put their health and lives on the line and who have been impacted by the changing energy market."
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