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I was born in downtown Flushing, New York, in the post-1965 wave of South Asian immigration to the area. I spent a lot of time…
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“I have pepper spray and I hold it every time I’m alone right now in case I see someone that is really frightening,” said New…
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One multinational company is using Martin Luther King Day to issue a slap in the face to its union, undermining the very legacy of the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have hammered the Latino community. Latinos make up 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths after adjusting for age, according…
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The Black Lives Matter uprising has prompted strong statements about racism and police accountability from top union officials, but the participation of the labor movement…
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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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It’s been a busy several weeks on the bad news beat. A white Yale grad student called the police on fellow grad student Lolade Siyonbola…