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Empowering communities key to public safety in Chicago
August 4, 2021Community control of the police is a prerequisite to making the streets safe for the people.
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In 114-degree heat farmworkers are still at work
August 4, 2021In a field near Arvin, at the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, dozens of workers arrive at 5:30 in the morning. It's already over 80 degrees, and by midafternoon the temperature will top 114...
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Poor People’s Campaign ramps up pressure for political reform
August 3, 2021Busloads of marchers return to the Capitol demanding Congress act on voting rights, immigration reform, ending the filibuster, and raising the minimum wage.
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Parents and teachers ask for mask mandates and more options for school reopening
August 2, 2021They say state and school authorities have been withholding important information from them.
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Biden, Congress, and states pass the buck on halting evictions
August 2, 2021Rep. Maxine Waters, chair of the House Finance Committee, blasts Biden’s “unexpected lack of effort and refusal to exercise his authority.”
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