Tag: splinter
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Washinton D.C. is Shutting Down The City’s Largest Shelter to Make Way for Rich People
This shelter doesn’t sound spectacular, but the space provided opportunities for the 239 families living there to have fun activities that won’t be possible elsewhere. Splinter’s Emma Roller: …over the past seven years, the families and organizations that operate within the shelter have created a makeshift community of their own. This is what happens when…
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May 1st is The Real Labor Day
Alex Pareene explains the first of May: International Workers Day is as American a holiday as there is. It commemorates, in part, the Haymarket Riot, a bloody 1886 clash between striking workers and Chicago police that was among the most consequential battles in both American labor history and the international fight for the eight-hour workday.…