Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Seattle Labor Chorus sings of 1919 General Strike
April 18, 2019Workers from 100 unions a century ago walked off their jobs in solidarity with striking Seattle and Tacoma shipyard workers, idling the city for five days.
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The Resistance and the elections are reasons for Thanksgiving this year
November 13, 2018On Thanksgiving, give thanks to the grassroots movements and all their candidates who barnstormed across the nation and rallied the voters to oust right-wing Republicans.
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Hanford nuke workers win health and safety deal
September 25, 2018The U.S. Department of Energy signed an agreement to install scrubbers to remove poisonous vapors leaking from more than 700 tanks filled with radioactive wastes.
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Remembering Harold Wade Jr. and Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
June 4, 2018Amherst College's two most famous Black graduates never made a secret of which side they were on.
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Pennsylvania election lesson: Infrastructure jobs can win 2018 midterms
March 19, 2018The takeaway from Conor Lamb's election win: Infrastructure jobs are the Democrats' ticket to victory in 2018.
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Winter Games athletes stand for world peace, so should we
February 13, 2018The politics of hatred and division, of winner take all, were not welcome at these Olympics.
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Seattle MLK rally and march: “Take a knee for justice”
January 17, 2018This year's event honored NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and NFL football players.
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An apple for Hannah: A Christmas story from the coal fields
December 28, 2017Pulling the coal out of the mine, she struggled to catch her breath.
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