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The Swing State Power Brokers
['Rund Abdelfatah Ramtin Arablouei Casey Miner Julie Caine Devin Katayama Anya Steinberg Lawrence Wu Linah Mohammad Cristina Kim Irene Noguchi Sarah Wyman', 'Rund Abdelfatah', 'Ramtin Arablouei', 'Casey Miner', 'Julie Caine', 'Devin Katayama', 'Anya Steinberg', 'Lawrence Wu', 'Linah Mohammad', 'Cristina Kim']
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Then, how a 1973 labor strike led by Arab Americans in a Michigan factory town sparked a political movement that could play a major role in the 2024 election. This story is part of "We, The Voters," NPR's election series reported from the seven swing states that will most likely decide the 2024 election. Tova Wang, Director of Research Projects in Democratic Practice at the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of The Politics of Voter Suppression: Defending and Expanding Americans' Right to Vote.Ismael Ahmed, co-founder of the Arab American Center for Economic and Social Services.