Review: DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY at Kennedy Center “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” runs through June 2 at the Family Theatre at the Kennedy center enter for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW. Information online . 05/12/2024 - 2:39 am | View Link
Landmarks: Story of Roosevelt’s globe highlights revived Dixie Highway tour June’s Day on the Dixie tour includes chances to explore area history, including Chicago Heights’ contribution to Roosevelt in World War II at Bloom High School. 05/11/2024 - 11:09 pm | View Link
Man dies after police shooting off Dixie Highway, LMPD says Three officers discharged their weapons, striking the man multiple times according to investigators. LMPD said the man was still holding the knife, making it difficult for officer ... 05/10/2024 - 5:38 pm | View Link
Dixie baseball's late rally falls short in loss to Christ Church DUE WEST — With one swing of the bat Friday, Levi McAlister riled his guys up. The Dixie senior smacked one into right-center field, scoring two teammates and cutting his team’s deficit in half. With ... 05/10/2024 - 3:53 pm | View Link
Dixie softball shut out by Lewisville in Upper State playoff With the loss, the Hornets fall into the Class 1A Upper State loser’s bracket, but they get an opportunity for some revenge Monday. Dixie will play host to Whitmire, a team it lost a region title to ... 05/10/2024 - 3:11 pm | View Link
Dixie Dixie. Coordinates: 34°N 86°W. M.E. Garrison's Map of Dixie published in 1909. This version of Dixie only includes states within the Southeast, omitting traditionally included states such as Texas or Virginia. Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. 05/11/2024 - 3:01 am | View Website
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What 'Dixie' Really Means Really Means. The band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks has changed its name in light of the growing rejection of racist symbols and phrases. The trio initially offered only a terse statement on ... 05/10/2024 - 6:18 pm | View Website
A Minstrel's Song Forever Changed the American South by Inspiring its ... Dixie’s Legacy as the Battle Cry of the Confederacy. By 1862, the Confederacy officially adopted “Dixie,” the shortened form of “Dixie Land,” as its nickname. The song remained popular in the North. Soldiers in both the Confederate and Union armies, as well as citizens and slaves alike, could sing it from memory. It was a catchy tune ... 05/10/2024 - 3:12 pm | View Website
Dixie — Wordorigins.org 23 June 2020 (Updated 24 June & 26 June) Dixie is, of course, a name for the American South. It is also a famous anthem of the South. But less well known is that Dixey’s Land was the name of children’s game played in early nineteenth-century New York.. Where does Dixie come from? It most likely is a reference to the Mason-Dixon Line, the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland and ... 05/10/2024 - 3:12 pm | View Website
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
This story was originally published by Hakai and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Hammerhead sharks—fish with pronounced oblong heads and bodies as long as small cars—are unmistakable. Seeing one of these critically endangered animals is a thrill, but seeing nearly a dozen plying the water side by side is worth writing home about.