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Never alone: Five poems for a time of revolt
June 4, 2020The current wave of protests has reawakened a passion for social and racial justice, a passion often captured by the words of poets.
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Dissension in the ranks? Pentagon breaks with Trump over protest crackdown
June 4, 2020The right-wing coalition built around Trump is showing cracks that could end up splitting off support for the president in November.
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Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism
June 4, 2020They declare the fight must include key moves at the ballot box this fall, starting with Trump’s removal from the White House.
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Tear gas, bullets, and a less-than-holy photo op
June 3, 2020Those of us who may be religious folk will do well to reacquaint ourselves with teachings of the Jesus who entered the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers.
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Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor
June 3, 2020In elections yesterday, Iowa’s Rep. Steve King was defeated, and Ferguson, Missouri made Ella Jones the city’s new mayor.
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