Immigrants
Europe: The sky’s not falling
June 10, 2014"The subjugation of democratic process to the markets was the reason why we have the crisis today...we predicted from the onset...that austerity-based policies would backfire."
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Movies you might have missed: “Sacco and Vanzetti”
February 7, 2014Awell-made, engrossing documentary that does something remarkable. It makes compelling viewing out of the retelling of the prosecution of a murder trial from 87 years ago, of which we already know the outcome.
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Oklahoma TV station comes under fire for anti-immigrant slur
February 7, 2014Members of Dream Act Oklahoma, which has been raising awareness about how undocumented workers contribute to Oklahoma, blasted KOTV for its discriminatory report
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Today in labor history: The Pemberton Mill disaster
January 10, 2014In the worst industrial disaster in Mass. state history, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence collapsed on January 10, 1860, trapping 900 workers, most of them recent immigrants, many women and children.
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French students rebel against deportations of classmates
October 18, 2013The arrest of a Roma girl on a school bus in front of her classmates, and her subsequent deportation to Kosovo along with her family, has caused an uproar in France and split the ruling Socialist...
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