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NPR coverage: A number of Democratic politicians joined in, expressing support in person and through written statements. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke to crowds outside Trump International Hotel in New York, where he pledged to fight for racial and economic equality and passage of the HEROES Act. Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Joseph Kennedy III and State Rep. Liz Miranda all spoke at a demonstration outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also tweeted statements of solidarity. . .: Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'

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AP coverage by Aaron Morrison, "a member of the AP's race and ethnicity team" whose Twitter account has a picture of George Floyd and lists one his interests as Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike. The article mentions that there were also strikes in Brazil and South Korea.