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Why White Progressives Must Address Racial Injustice In 2016
The recent Black Lives Matter protest at the Netroots Nation conference was a teachable moment for everyone – forcing progressives to pick a side as they shape next year's electoral agenda.
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In Latest Victory, New York's Fast Food Workers Get $15 Minimum Wage
On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Wage Board exercised its power to set the new minimum for the fast food industry's 200,000 workers in the state – without requiring approval of the legislature.
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Bernie Sanders Introduces $15 Minimum Wage Bill As Federal Contract Workers Strike
The bill, proposed by the presidential candidate and Democrats in the House, goes far beyond the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and makes it easier for federal workers to join a union.
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Cuban Flag Raised In Washington, D.C., Marking Historic Restoration of Ties
The two countries have reached a milestone in the historic thaw.
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Spain's Electoral Rebellion: Welcome to the Post-Party Political Era, Part II
If the M15-Indignados movement inaugurated a new social grammar in Spain, last month's municipal election victories created a new political ecosystem – signaling transformational shifts that have upended the old order.
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Spain's Electoral Rebellion: Welcome to the Post-Party Political Era, Part I
From Madrid and Barcelona to Zaragoza, A Coruña, Cádiz and other major Spanish cities, government is now in the hands of independent citizen fronts called “confluences” – revealing a seismic shakeup in European politics.
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Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby: I Owe My Success to "Warrior Women"
“For me, as a young black woman, to run against an older white male incumbent, powerful, with the ability to raise close to a million dollars, the skeptics wanted to know: how could I have the audacity?”
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We Don't Need Your Dirty Business: Santa Cruz Washes Its Hands of Felon Banks
While big banks continue to ruin communities and personal lives with light impunity, in some cases the people are fighting back.
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People Have the Power: Patti Smith's Summer of Rebellion
She has electrified Europe in recent weeks with politically bold concerts – with the Greek anti-austerity party Syriza using her song "People Have the Power" as a staple at campaign rallies.
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Elizabeth Warren and Allies Delay Obama's S.E.C. Pick, Citing Deep Corporate Ties
Keir Gumbs is a corporate attorney with Covington & Burling and has links to the American Petroleum Institute – he also gives advice to companies on how to dodge scrutiny from shareholder activists.