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Guest: Cedric de Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity.

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Political Breakdown Join hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos as they unpack the day in politics with a California perspective. Featuring interviews with reporters and other insiders involved in ...

On Fridays, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst discusses Minnesota politics — the latest from the legislature, election news and more. Join us Fridays at noon for interviews with lawmakers ...

An ethics expert said recent reporting by the Herald/Times on the foundation raises “deeply troubling issues of pay-to-play conflicts of interest, fiduciary negligence, regulatory noncompliance ...

The decline of U.S. foreign reporting in China widens the gap between the two societies and heightens the risk of crises spiraling out of control.

To stop the important work of refugee resettlement is to lose part of the church’s identity in the United States.

The newly appointed board member “does not have lawful authority to serve, and will occupy her office as an usurper,” lawsuit says. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in ...

A second South Carolina death row inmate has chosen execution by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi, 41, will be put to death on April 11 after pleading guilty to murder for killing a police officer in ...

Election lawyer Roy Herrera and political consultant Jaime Molera join the podcast to talk about the long election cycles and why Arizona lawmakers file bills that they know will go nowhere.

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