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Athletes join growing movement for racial justice
December 18, 2014"This issue as I see it - police killings as a symptom of the systematic and historical devaluing of black lives - seemed too big to ignore."
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Massive labor actions rock Italy
December 18, 2014On Friday, Italy, the land of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Antonio Gramsci, and the home of the Vatican, came to a halt. Scopero! Strike! was the word of the day.
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U.S. and Cuba announce re-establishment of diplomatic relations!
December 17, 2014Obama and Raul Castro announced a breathtakingly radical agreement to change the relationship between the two countries.
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Study confirms what Minnesota low-wage workers know: life is tough
December 17, 2014The report was done by Minnesotans for a Fair Economy and announced by Working America, an organization of some 3 million workers, including 300,000 in Minnesota.
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Push at California climate confab to include workers in leadership
December 17, 2014"We cannot let the new green economy be a low-wage economy, because a sustainable environment needs a sustainable economy."
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