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Read more about US Stocks fall after disappointing after consumer and housing data on Business Standard. At the close of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index declined 81.52 points, or 0.24%, to 34,312. The S&P 500 index decreased 8.92 points, or 0.21%, at 4,188. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 4 points, or 0.03%, to 13,657.

Speaking at the 2014 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago, Karen Lewis drove home the importance of building a militant, bottom-up labor movement. The speech is characteristically funny, engaging, and powerful. Watch it here. Photo: Jim West/jimwestphoto.com Karen Lewis, the Chicago Teachers Union president who led the landmark 2012 strike, died February 7. Her generosity, charisma, and indomitable strength of purpose were gifts to labor organizers across the country who watched, learned, listened...