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Tears, Rallies as Trump Vows to Roll Back DACA Tears, anger and a promise to fight back as Trump ends DACA. NBC: "There were tears, anger and anxiety as dozens of immigrants, supporters and allies gathered in front of the White House on Tuesday, chanting, singing and...
Like Her Boss, Betsy DeVos Makes a Disaster All About Herself
While Trump's boasts about crowd size in Houston struck some as self-centered, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos struck a similar tone in Florida against a backdrop of the slow-motion catastrophe striking the state's public schools.
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Tell Trump to Save DACA Donald Trump and the GOP are threatening to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the program which protects 800,000 immigrants who arrived in this country as children. Lives are on the line. Tell Trump to preserve our dreams, and...
Trump Wants to Steal 800,000 Immigrant Dreams
My name is Gerardo, and I live in Colorado. I am one of the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who contribute to this country every day, thanks to DACA. If DACA ends, our lives will be on the line. Help us save our dreams.
When the Parades Are Over, Who Stands With Unions?
The Labor Day parades are over. The bands have packed up. The muscular speeches celebrating workers are finished. Now, conservative politicians from Trump on down will revive their systematic efforts to weaken unions and undermine workers.
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Working on Labor Day to Recover from Harvey
This Labor Day, the union members and other workers who risked their lives to rescue hurricane victims will be volunteering. They’ll be helping all of those affected by the storm to recover - this weekend and long after.
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One Million Displaced by Harvey A week after Harvey, cities deluged and one million displaced. Reuters: "A week after Hurricane Harvey came ashore in Texas, no let-up in rescue efforts was expected on Friday as large pockets of land remained under water after one of...
Harvey Won't Be The Last Thousand-Year Storm
The sight of thousands displaced by Hurricane Harvey is painfully familiar in New Jersey, where we're still waiting on the help we were promised after Superstorm Sandy. The road home will be long, but we can get there if we work together.
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Hurricane Aftermath Threatens Drinking Water, Chemical Plants Blasts, ‘chemical reactions’ rock storm-crippled chemical plant in Texas as Harvey flooding persists. WaPo: "The remnants of Hurricane Harvey carried its wrath up the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, but not...
