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Labor OrganizingMarch 31, 2016
Meet the Long-Forgotten Organizer Who Inspired Cesar Chavez to Become an Activist
In 1952, Fred Ross appeared at Chavez’s door. The meeting changed Chavez’s life—and farmworker history.
Gabriel Thompson
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January 7, 2016
This Is What $15 an Hour Looks Like
In July, Emeryville, California, passed the highest city-wide minimum wage in the country. Here’s how workers’ lives changed—and didn’t.
Gabriel Thompson
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ActivismMarch 10, 2015
The New Silicon Valley Movement That Is Taking on the Tech Giants
In the neighborhood where Cesar Chavez got his start, janitors, cooks and shuttle drivers are organizing to end the area’s inequality epidemic.
Gabriel Thompson
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CitiesSeptember 3, 2014
Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That?
Mayor Betsy Hodges wants to make Minneapolis live up to its progressive hype.
Gabriel Thompson
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Campaigns and ElectionsMay 21, 2014
Will a Latina Labor Lawyer Replace a Tea Party Congressman in California?
First, the EMILY’s List-backed Eloise Reyes has to get through the primary.
Gabriel Thompson
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SocietyNovember 26, 2013
The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday
My life as a temp in California’s Inland Empire, the belly of the online shopping beast.
Gabriel Thompson
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Science and HealthNovember 12, 2013
Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields?
Young farm workers are falling ill from “green tobacco sickness” while the industry denies it and government lets it happen.
Gabriel Thompson
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BudgetsApril 24, 2013
A California Town Bleeds From Sequestration's Cuts
Without its lifeline, a stream of federal aid, Lemoore is in crisis mode—and residents of all political stripes are united in outrage.
Gabriel Thompson
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ActivismMarch 5, 2013
Raising Minnesota
The heat is on big banks and CEOs as labor and community activists band together.
Gabriel Thompson
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Labor OrganizingNovember 28, 2012
How Students in San Jose Raised the Minimum Wage
A regional college class made social justice happen on November 6.
Gabriel Thompson