Todays guest blogger is Folayemi Agbede . Folayemi is the Special Assistant for Progress 2050, a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America.
Images of Latino, Native American, black, and Asian Wisconsinites are proving elusive in the media coverage of the fight for workers’ rights beyond a week-old appearance by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Despite this visual absence it remains evident to many that people of color have much to lose in Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed state “repair” bill. The bill unnecessarily eliminates workers’ collective bargaining rights while cutting state health care contributions, pensions contributions, and protected leave. This fateful move will especially
The Wisconsin Fight: What People of Color Have at Stake
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