The president promised to halt federal contracts to union busters — but the deal was just re-awarded to Amazon while the company was crushing a union drive. Matthew Cunningham-Cook & David Sirota May 5,...
Nearly 20 House Democrats are urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on bipartisan legislation to boost funding for police as crime surges ahead of the midterms. Scott Wong May 6, 2022...
The project seeks to fully cover the portion of Route 33 known as the Kensington and reconnect the Hamlin Park, Cold Spring and MLK neighborhoods on the city’s East Side. Howard Riedel May 6,...
By Erica Canes
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The language of identity is important but can also be used to erase those who should be lifted up.
By Deidre Williams
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For only the second time in his 16 years as Buffalo’s mayor, Bryon Brown proposes to increase property taxes.
His $568 million spending plan for 2022-23 recommends increasing residential property taxes by 5% and commercial property taxes by 6.6%.
By Willow Lung-Amam and Nohely Alvarez
Read the full article from *CityLab, here.
The Biden administration has focused on homeownership in its attempts to address U.S. racial wealth disparities. There’s another kind of real estate that can help build wealth for small business owners.
By Jake Watkins
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It is common for student workers to get second jobs and sell plasma to stay afloat,” John Ferrand from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition told People’s World. Ferrand said that salaries at Indiana University can be as much as $20,000 below a living wage,” as a calculator developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lists for Monroe County Indiana]”
By Alex N Press
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The atmosphere was electric at a prevote rally Sunday in Staten Island where workers prepared to cast ballots on whether to become the second Amazon facility to join the Amazon Labor Union. Bernie Sanders was among the speakers.
By Matthew Cunningham-Cook
and Julia Rock
Read the full article from The Lever, here.
The retailer’s anti-labor activities could be violating the terms of multi-million subsidy deals it has scored in New York.
By Rainer Shea
Read the full article from Workers Today, here.
In this era of decline for U.S. imperialist hegemony and contraction in capital, colonialism increasingly asserts itself through crude and haphazard exercises in profit-driven brutality.