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John Morant, a 27-year employee, says, "I liked the pace of work and the camaraderie." USW (Photo/Steve Dietz)
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Baltimore Worker-Owners Sell Their Plant  

February 17, 2020 Len Shindel

John Morant, a 27-year employee, says, “I liked the pace of work and the camaraderie.” USW (Photo/Steve Dietz) There’s a

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Elise Bryant: Labor’s Sister of Hope

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Len Shindel

Artwork by Mike Konopacki “Next time someone asks you about the labor movement rather than explaining it, introduce them to Elise

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Reflections on the 116th Congress

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Len Shindel

Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user Alvin Feng. When I was 12 years old, I traveled

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Western Marylanders March for gun sanity

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Len Shindel

Can you hear the prayer of the children? On bended knee, in the shadow of an unknown room Empty eyes

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West Virginia Teachers: ‘Our strike is opening eyes’

March 6, 2018March 8, 2018 Len Shindel

BRUCETON MILLS, W. VA — On March 5, my wife, a retired teacher, and I waited until the temps hit

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DNA and ‘Shitholes’

February 5, 2018February 6, 2018 Len Shindel

Can we ever quantify how many narratives and images or how much pain President Trump provoked when he asked why

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Former steelworkers divided over NFL protests

October 7, 2017October 8, 2017 Len Shindel

Illustration by Mike Konopacki Since President Trump called protesting NFL players “sons of bitches,” who should be fired on September

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Baltimore’s ‘History Songwriter’ Joe Defilippo honors changemakers

June 3, 2017June 3, 2017 Len Shindel

Bill Pratt, Leslie Darr, Joe DeFilippo, Bill Phelan, Sue Tice  Joe Defilippo might be Baltimore’s best history songwriter. For decades,

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Hundreds honor Bowie State student Richard Collins III

May 23, 2017 Len Shindel

Bowie State University’s auditorium filled quickly on Monday for an evening memorial service to honor Richard Collins III, a senior and

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Preakness: Hilltop’s ‘Hoof Man’

May 19, 2017 Len Shindel

A Dartmouth green awning shrouded the Preakness horses inside the stakes barn at Pimlico. Only their nameplates were fully visible.

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U.S. National Debt

The current U.S. national debt:
$39,220,785,117,318

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