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ESSAY: Why Community Organizing Is Front of Mind This Fourth of July
I arrived at my neighborhood meeting a little late, but that didn’t seem to surprise anyone. I took a seat and glanced at the agenda written in marker on butcher paper. Tonight’s topics: Neighborhood newsletter, traffic on Boyd Street, illegal dumping concerns, affordable housing conversation and the upcoming potluck. Over…
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ESSAY: Recognizing Retail Workers This Holiday Season
When I was in middle school, my grandma took a part-time job at the mall’s gift-wrapping counter. She showed me how she tied the big, beautiful, glittery gold bows and the fancy way she’d been taught to fold the corners on the red, plaid wrapping paper. I just about died…
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OPINION: How Do We Find Candidates Who Represent the Working Class?
I grew up tagging along behind my dad at construction sites. He would find a hard hat for me to wear, and it would wobble around on my too-small head. Usually, we were there to look at some problem — the wrong lumber had been delivered and the team was…
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