Hundreds arrested after “Fight for $15” rallies take place in cities and at some airports across the United States.
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In D.C., White Families Are on Average 81 Times Richer Than Black Ones
Other major cities aren’t much better.
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Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here: Cornel West
Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We gird ourselves for a frightening future.
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#BuyBlack: 25 Black Businesses to Support on Black Friday | OkayAfrica
This is our fifth gift guide in the run-up to the holidays. Keep checking for more lists of great African products here. And for more ideas check out the Okayafrica Shop.
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HUD Is Essential to the Fight Against Poverty. Ben Carson Will Lobotomize It.
“…The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.”
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Federal Judge Blocks Obama’s Expansion of Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers
“Employers that made big changes in their workforce ahead of the rule’s Dec. 1 effective date—either by raising managers’ salaries to the newly set threshold for overtime pay or eliminating job categories like assistant manager—say they aren’t yet planning to reverse course, while others are taking a wait-and-see approach,” the Wall Street Journal.
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