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Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?

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Millions of tons of palm oil are ‘missing’ from Big Food’s deforestation-free claims.

This Team of Female Outreach Workers Is Helping Keep San Francisco’s Latino Communities Housed and Healthy

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Housing instability is a worldwide problem, impacting one-fifth of all people on Earth. Latino communities in the United States are disproportionately vulnerable to this threat.

LA Schools’ Lowest-Paid Workers Walk Out, With Teachers by Their Side

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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike March 21-23, 2023, for the first time in four years, shutting down the nation’s second-largest school district for three rain-soaked days.

Tipping Is Not a Reward—It’s an Insult

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It’s time to end our national reliance on tipped workers. The unhealthy dynamic created by tipping emerges from decades of legalized subminimum wages and keeps workers subservient to the whims of employers and customers.

Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History

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It is a curious spectacle to have the head of a state, with all the levers of power, not using that power to solve a problem, but instead offering advice to the powerless about how to protest against him and the broken government system.

Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?

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A fight over new history curriculum standards in Virginia is part of a nationwide campaign to undermine public schools and prevent educators from teaching the truth about America’s inequality.