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St. Lawrence Seaway Strike
Something happened last week that has not happened since 1968. A strike shut down 13 locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway between Lake Erie and Montreal trapping boats in the shipping artery and preventing others from entering on either end. Workers with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out on…
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Environmental Justice: A Chicago Case Study
Earlier this month the Alliance for the Great Lakes Ambassador program (of which I am a part), held a monthly “deep dive” session on environmental justice. According to the US Commission on Civil Rights, environmental justice is: … the fair treatment of people of all races, income, and cultures with…
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Michigan, Cherries & Ann Patchett’s New Novel
My mom and I have a 1:1 book club where we read a book at the same time and get together for a couple of videcalls to discuss. We recently read Ann Patchett’s newest novel, Tom Lake, which is set in Northern Michigan. I found one question in a Q…
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