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Jessicah Pierre

Jessicah Pierre is the Inequality Media Specialist at the Institute for Policy Studies.

• MLK’s final campaign lives on: The war against racism and poverty
• 400 years after slavery’s start, economic band-aids won’t solve racial divide

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Richard Rudkin

Former soldier Richard Rudkin witnessed first-hand the carnage of sectarian killings in Northern Ireland. He writes for Morning Star, the socialist daily newspaper published in Great Britain.

• Corbyn’s understanding of Ireland’s “Troubles” proven right by history

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Melinda Deslatte

Associated Press reporter covering Louisiana politics.

• GOP congressman shot at baseball practice faced questions about his ties

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Matthew Daly

AP Congressional reporter. Covers Congress, climate, Interior, Energy, oversight, ethics, politics.

• Judge blocks Trump from ending set of grants to fight climate change
• Watchdog: 2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K

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Andrés Lloret Gutiérrez

Andrés Lloret Gutiérrez, President at Federacion Central de Trabajadores, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. FCT representa a trabajadores y trabajadoras del sector público y privado.

• ¿La austeridad es solo para los obreros?

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Jocelyn Sherman

  Jocelyn Sherman is Digital Director, United Farm Workers  

• ‘Imperative to take proactive steps’ to ensure farm worker safety
• Fue como estar en una película de terror, pero real

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Lorraine Chow

Lorraine Chow is a reporter for EcoWatch.

• Bulldozing butterflies for Trump’s border wall
• Routine FDA food inspections suspended by shutdown

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Craig Aaron

Craig Aaron is the president and CEO of Free Press.

• Trump TV: Coming to a screen near you

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Tim Schlittner

Tim Schlittner is acting communications director of the AFL-CIO.

• Bayard Rustin: The gay union organizer who helped MLK change the world
• Gay AFL-CIO labor activist details his personal journey to pride

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