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My grandmother, Ila Bose, passed away in October after several days in the hospital. The exact trajectory leading to her death is not known—she had…
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It feels like the world is on fire again. Strikers in Myanmar are on the front lines of a rebellion against a military coup. Corpses are…
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I covered the immigrant “mega marches” as a freelance reporter in 2006. In response to some horrific, punitive legislation passed by the House of Representatives, millions…
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At times it can seem like international solidarity is just a rallying cry, devoid of the oomph that would make it a force to build…
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In April the U.S. government carried out its largest workplace raid on immigrants in 10 years, detaining 280 people in Texas. It’s the latest attack…
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In the thousands of words spilled for the late George H.W. Bush, you won’t find the names of Argentine workers Pedro Troiani and Carlos Propato.…
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Hardship is a lot more widespread in the Badger State than the official numbers would have you believe. A few weeks before the election, a…
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On a recent night in Richmond, speaker after speaker came forward to talk about the multidimensional reality of poverty. The setting was a hearing held…
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Just how many Americans are poor? The Trump administration wants you to believe that just 3 percent of the U.S. population is poor. The Council…