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Margaret Baldridge

Margaret Baldridge is a long-time activist for social justice writing from Baltimore.

• Justice Department issues scathing report: Baltimore police routinely violate rights
• Peoples Convention held last weekend just before DNC

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A young teacher

• A teacher speaks her mind

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John Dick

Award winning writer John "Cementhead" Dick is a retired letter carrier and proud member of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 3126, Royal Oak, Mich.

• Delivering the message of racial justice to the governor’s mailbox
• Anne Frank: ‘We all live with the objective of being happy…’

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Mary Davis

Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History formerly at London Metropolitan University. She is now a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has written, broadcast, and lectured...

• Los orígenes del Día Internacional de la Mujer
• The origins of International Women’s Day

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Nicholas James

Nicholas James is a union rep living in St. Louis, Missouri. Political button and sticker maker. Speaks English, Spanish, German, and Croatian.

• Missouri workers join worldwide strike against Amazon
• Small business owners, unite! An appeal for owner-operators to unionize

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Mark Lang

• Texas top court sets back freedom of information

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Jason Perlman

• 5,000 protesters to Whirlpool: We’re tired of being treated like trash

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Vivian Weinstein

Vivian Weinstein was born and raised in New York City. She moved to New Jersey and raised two sons. A working mom, Vivian held jobs in factories and offices, and...

• Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county
• “Winkler County nurses” win another victory

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Chris Elliott

• Happy birthday, Phil Stern, “Greatest Generation” photographer
• Remembering Robin Williams: the laughter, compassion, and humanity

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