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This hour, we hear from some of the recently-formed unions where we live, including Starbucks and student unions at Yale and Wesleyan Universities. Plus, Dr. Cecelia Bucki discusses the early fight for the eight-hour workday in Bridgeport.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke to the crowd on Night 3 of the DNC, thanking President Biden for his service, praising Kamala Harris and emphasizing the high stakes of the November election.

The event, billed as focused on national security issues, was part of former President Trump's weeklong series of counterprogramming to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, who has been an outspoken messenger on curbing gun violence, returned to the convention stage in a different capacity: as Democrats’ lead negotiator on a bipartisan border bill that ultimately got short-circuited in Congress.

As the DNC gets underway for the third night, protesters gathered in Union Park, a few blocks away from the United Center.

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, took to the podium at the DNC calling for a cease-fire deal so that the 109 remaining Hamas hostages can return home.

Obama wore a navy sleeveless jacket with crisscross, reconstructed lapels in front that she paired with matching trousers. The more than $2,500 fit came from luxury fashion brand Monse's resort 2025 collection and it's left the internet in shambles.

Members unanimously gave the green light to a yearlong professional development plan —for themselves — focusing on school governance. Their progress is connected to a return of local control of the schools from the state.

In between impassioned speeches by political VIPs --- including former President Bill Clinton, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and 2024 Vice President candidate Tim Walz --- the heavy hitters of the music world lit up Chicago’s United Center arena. Night 3 was host to performances by Stevie Wonder, John Legend with Sheila E. and Maren Morris.

The soft campaigns for governor of Connecticut in 2026, or perhaps 2030, as well as positioning for potential presidential runs in 2032, are an ever-present subtext of a Democratic National Convention dedicated to the immediate goal of electing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in 2024.