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"Charity is not just giving, rather removing the need of those who receive charity and liberating them from it when possible." Saint Thomas of Villanova, 1550.
"Jose" shares, "I harvest broccoli in Salinas, CA. I'm a cutter and I have to walk hunched over and cut quickly as the harvesting machine ahead of us sets a very fast pace. After we cut the broccoli we put it on the machine's conveyor belt where it is processed." #WeFeedYou
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Scientists identify 64,000 sq miles of coral reef capable of surviving climate crisis
Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving and recovering from climate change, three times more than previously estimated, researc...
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"Mateo" share this pic from where they are picking figs in Merced CA. "We wear gloves because the fruit produces a liquid that burns our skin. Even with the gloves, the sap can go through and we get injured. We earn CA minimum wage for this work." #WeFeedYou
The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.
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'A leader and a true friend': Tributes honor former Barksdale leader killed in B-52 crash
After a B-52 crash in California killed eight, many in Shreveport and Bossier City paid tribute to one of the local's lost in the tragedy on social media.
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Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
The Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire is the first free, tax-supported public library in the United States. peterboroughtownlibrary.org
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It was 86° in Delano CA when a farm worker was driving through a newly planted orange orchard making sure that the young trees have the just right amount of water for their growing process. #WeFeedYou
TIL that Harvard Law School was founded, in part, with a major donation from a slaveholder (Isaac Royall, Jr)
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 3mo agoHarvard University's top leaders likely enslaved thousands of people between the founding of the school in 1636 and the defeat of the Confederacy, according to new research.
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