This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Massachusetts Home Care Workers Win $15/Hour Starting Wage – First In Nation
Tears of joy streaked the faces of cheering home care workers assembled in their Dorchester union hall last week as a decades-long struggle for recognition and a living wage culminated in a historic moment of celebration.
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Is the Fight for $15 the Next Civil Rights Movement?
The cross-pollination of Black Lives Matter and the Fight for $15 provides an inspiring example of how interconnected issues of race and economic justice are empowering today's social movements.
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Justice for All: Seattle's Kshama Sawant, Leader in Fight for $15, Talks About Movement's Next Steps
"All [working] people are latent activists. But to make them into activists they need to feel something deep in their hearts – in their gut. At the end of the day it is the tangible struggles that masses of people come out to fight."
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Arrested Fast Food Striker: "I Hope My Daughter Knows I'm Doing This For Her"
I work at McDonald’s in Chicago and was one of the thousands of fast-food workers nationwide who went on strike last week for fairer wages.
