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Bookstore named after Harriet Tubman celebrates women authors, artists and activists


Bookstore named after Harriet Tubman celebrates women authors, artists and activists
TODAY
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Ruth Etiesit Samuel
Before Jeannine A. Cook was the owner and curator of Harriett s Bookshop, she was a voracious reader. Cook was the little girl who read the Bible with her sister by candlelight, the student who stealthily flipped through banned classics, such as The Color Purple, and most importantly, the daughter of a former librarian.
Growing up in my household, one thing that I think made us really appreciative of books and the ability to read is that my mom started to go blind when we were little, then went completely blind when we were about 10, Cook told TODAY by phone. My mom was in school and as she was losing her eyesight, she slowly had us start to read to her and write for her. ....

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A Battle over Fifteen – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive


April 9, 2021
When Andrea Grove opened her Harrisburg coffee shop, she budgeted a salary of $15 an hour for her employees.
That hourly rate is more than $7 above the federal and state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and put Ms. Grove on one side of a years-long debate about whether the minimum wage should increase and, if so, by how much and how quickly.
Ms. Grove, who opened Elementary Coffee in 2014, ran into some of the problems business owners worry about when discussing a minimum wage increase. The $15 rate may limit the number of employees she can bring on board and it could prevent her from franchising the business or opening more locations across the state. ....

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Trump is gone, so Pennsylvania progressives are thinking local: 'That's where all the real stuff happens'


Trump is gone, so Pennsylvania progressives are thinking local: ‘That’s where all the real stuff happens’
Andrew Seidman, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Carmina Taylor, co-founder of the Movement for Black and Brown Lives in Montgomery County. Taylor formed the group in part to elevate inequities in education, healthcare, and juvenile justice. “Those are issues in Montgomery County that have not been attended to,” she said.
In Southwestern Pennsylvania, progressive activists are planning workshops on how to engage with voters who believe conspiracy theories like Donald Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen. ....

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