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In Pope Francis’s outreach to the poor, his deeds speak louder than his words

by Terrence McCoy Washington Post September 24, 2015

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The long, strange tale of a California farm’s attempt to break its workers union

by David Bacon In These Times September 24, 2015

The strategy by one of the nation's largest growers to shed its obligation to sign a contract with the United Farm Workers was dealt a key setback last week. An administrative law judge not only threw out what union organizers say was one of the dirt...

Pope Francis, in Washington, addresses poverty and climate

by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear New York Times September 23, 2015

WASHINGTON — Welcomed with a fanfare of trumpets and a chorus of amens, Pope Francis introduced himself to the United States on Wednesday with a bracing message on climate change, immigration and poverty that ranged from the pastoral to the politic...

The radical roots of the great grape strike

by David Bacon The Reality Check September 20, 2015

Fifty years ago the great grape strike started in Delano, when Filipino pickers walked out of the fields on September 8, 1965. Mexican workers joined them two weeks later. The strike went on for five years, until all California table grape growers ...

America’s poverty problem hasn’t changed

by Gillian B. White Atlantic September 16, 2015

On Wednesday, the Census Bureau released its latest data on income and poverty for the country, and despite a falling unemployment rate and a rising GDP—two promising macroeconomic signs—things haven’t improved all that much for American famili...

Lower wages for whites, higher wages for immigrants, and inequality for all

by Jeff Guo Washington Post September 16, 2015

Earlier today, the Census Bureau released data showing that 2014 was much like 2013 and the years prior: meh for the majority of Americans. Real income for the median household has been level or declining each year since the recession, and in 2014 th...

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