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The History of May Day: Remembering the Ones Who Fought for Workers’ Rights

Jesus Hernandez, age 10 May 1 is known as May Day. May Day has two very different meanings: In some places, May Day is a holiday for welcoming the spring; on the other hand, it is recognized as a day for celebrating workers, highlighting the problems that low-waged laborers face as they fight for better …

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Survivors of WWII Japanese Internment Camps Stage Peaceful Protest to End Immigration Detention

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By Amin Adem, age 13 A group of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World World II (WWII) staged a peaceful protest at a family immigration detention center in South Texas, because they don’t want the history of injustice to repeat itself. During WWII, the United States imprisoned thousands of innocent Japanese-American families in concentration camps because …

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