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On May Day, farmworkers and their children defy poverty and deportations

SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA—Juana’s words echo in my mind as I pull off Highway 101 into downtown Santa Maria. Juana is a strawberry picker in a strawberry town. Santa Maria, along with Oxnard to the ...
WBEZ

For May Day, Chicago mom takes her family to a protest: ‘I have never heard of any right being won from home’

At home Friday morning, Flor Ramirez moved between chores and preparations for the afternoon May Day march — packing tamales and cleaning out the family van to make sure there was enough room for the ...
Chicago Sun-Times

For May Day, Chicago mom takes her family to a protest: ‘I have never heard of any right being won from home’

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