For as long as I can remember, I have been engaging with, surrounded by, or employing domestic workers. I grew up in 1960’s Virginia with a “cleaning lady” – that’s
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Note: This op-ed was written by founding Hand in Hand member Gayle Kirshenbaum and published on Labor Day 2019. This week, I took my kid to college. I’m feeling proud,
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Got plans for Labor Day, or for the three-day weekend if you have one? The very idea of a weekend or paid time off is little more than a century
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Soon after taking office in 2016, Trump and his administration began a range of assaults on immigrants, both documented and not, and their rights to live and work without fear
Notes from the D.E.N.: June 2019
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The Olmstead Decision
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Happy International Domestic Workers Day!
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