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- Activists launch nationwide “LIVING WAGE FOR ALL” campaign to hike minimum wage to $25/hour
- Youth leaders hold town hall to demand end to pepper spraying youth in Alameda County juvenile detention
- Students, educators, unions blast proposed state budget cuts to higher education in CA budget proposal
- Ukraine says weekend drone strike took out nearly 1/3rd of Russia’s bomber aircraft
- UN chief blasts shootings at humanitarian aid sites run by Israeli-US backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
- DHS removes list of “sanctuary cities” after push-back from sheriffs’ association
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