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Why Governor LePage can’t erase history, and why we need a fighter in the White House

Robert Reich, professor of public policy | March 24, 2011

Maine Governor Paul LePage has ordered state workers to remove from the state labor department a 36-foot mural depicting the state’s labor history. Among other things the mural illustrates the 1937 shoe mill strike in Auburn and Lewiston. It also features the iconic “Rosie the Riveter,” who in real life worked at the Bath Iron … Continue reading »