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Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Warehouse Worker Protection Act grants migrant workers in Minnesota landmark safety protections

Lisa Kwon by Lisa Kwon June 9th, 2023June 8th, 2023

The bill, which passed in May, ensures that corporations like Amazon cannot disregard workers’ safety and livelihoods

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Holmesburg Prison’s medical experiments are Philadelphia’s ‘lasting shame’

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Schools are grappling with pandemic learning loss. How are teachers serving BIPOC student populations faring?

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A new kind of crime reporting

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Philadelphia’s Chinatown unites to fight back against Sixers’ covert arena development

Rikki Li by Rikki Li December 22nd, 2022March 29th, 2023
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Philadelphia Museum of Art workers hope their strike victory can inspire others

by Vanessa Taylor November 16th, 2022November 16th, 2022
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Housing activists and UC Townhomes residents fight gentrification in West Philadelphia

by Jared Ware October 7th, 2022October 11th, 2022
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What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

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