Will Immigrants Who Built America Redeem It?
America is not just a land of immigrants, it was built by “foreigners” to reinvent themselves. It's time for a reality check, America—"Remember always, that all of us, you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
How union workers are fighting to save America’s beleaguered health care system
Health care workers who battled COVID-19 are fighting for the safe staffing levels needed to protect their communities on a daily basis and prevent the already-fragile care system from collapsing in the next pandemic.
‘Egregious’: DOL finds US meatpacking plants illegally employed 100+ children
The federal probe revealed that Packers Sanitation Services had children as young as 13 "working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment including back saws, brisket saws, and head splitters."
No nukes for power, posturing or destruction
“In a world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust, this is a recipe for annihilation."
Putting out a Garbage Fyre: How reproductive rights advocates countered a week long anti-choice...
“What it’s about is reproductive and pregnancy outcomes and valuing them all...We need to be a society that values that decision for you because we’re a society that values healthy outcomes."
Nuns protest Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by building chapel on proposed route
The company has since filed an emergency court order to seize the nuns’ land and build the pipeline.
Approximately 120 years too late, US House passes law to make lynching a federal...
“Today, we send a strong message that violence—and race-based violence, in particular—has no place in America.”
Four Black female judges use their courtrooms to break the school-to-prison pipeline
Criminal justice is not the only focus of the program. The judges discuss making healthy life choices and maintaining a positive image.
Power to the (working) people: The Great Resignation could change how we relate to...
Only time will tell if working people, both those organized in unions and those who are not, will be able to take advantage of this moment to overthrow the mini dictatorships so many labor under.
Kids suing Trump hope the courts step up on climate change
Congress and the White House aren't going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges?