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Kelly Candaele
Kelly Candaele has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Nation. He is directing a film on the building of the Wilshire Grand Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Baseball: My Mother the Feminist Would Never Drop a Ball on Purpose
- Culture & Media, Society
- July 10, 2017
My mother and aunt were two of the girls of summer, recruited by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to play pro baseball during World War II. Twenty-five years ago this month, the league became famous when the film, A League of Their Own, became a hit. BY KELLY CANDAELE
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Why Is the Freedom Foundation Ringing Workers’ Doorbells?
- Labor & Economy
- October 31, 2016
Toni Monique is an in-home caregiver who talks like a political philosopher when she is not taking care of her sister, Tonya Ginn, in Buena Park. When told that the Freedom Foundation, an organization with financial ties to right-wing billionaires Charles and David Koch, had recently moved into California to undermine her union, she got downright angry.
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Rewired: An Electrician Reflects on How Her Work Has Changed Her Thinking and Character
- Labor & Economy, Videos
- September 1, 2016
With good union training, wages and benefits, Cathy Nichols, a single mother, was able to provide for herself and her son without fear of impoverishment or medical calamity.
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“Free State of Jones” Wrestles With Our History
- Culture & Media, Labor & Economy
- July 6, 2016
Some reviewers have criticized the movie as another in a long line of “White Savior” films that feature a white protagonist who “leads” African Americans to freedom, or otherwise provides the wherewithal for them to fight their oppressors.
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