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Amid a wave of labor actions and union drives shaking the world of higher education, graduate student-workers with at Johns Hopkins University will finally have their union election on Jan. 30-31.
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New premiere 9pm EST: A cop watcher attended the trial of a corrupt officer, the judge made him pay for it
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Dramatic video shows a Texas police officer brutally beating a man who refused to turn over his phone to police. The victim was not suspected of a crime and was voluntarily cooperating with police.
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Activists have questioned law enforcement’s narrative about the killing of the Atlanta climate justice activist.
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Though the pandemic continues to claim losses on par with the September 11 attacks each week, it has prompted far less in the way of societal reckoning.
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The start of the pandemic exacerbated the incarceration crisis in the US. During this time, a group of women founded the organization to fight for decarceration and the successful re-entry of formerly incarcerated people into society.
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A study by Harvard Medical researchers found that 45,000 Americans die every year directly as a result of not having health insurance.
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The deck has always been stacked in the boss’s favor, that's why the right to strike is such a powerful weapon. And right now the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could seriously restrict our right to strike.
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Amid a wave of labor actions and union drives shaking the world of higher education, graduate student-workers with at Johns Hopkins University will finally have their union election on Jan. 30-31.
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In a time when life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for the first time in decades and Americans can expect on average to enjoy even fewer years of retirement, Republicans are considering a radical plan to shrink the retirement window.
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Latino immigrant kitchen workers and a group of racially diverse women servers walked out at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Brentwood, Tennessee, saying their employer is serving up of a toxic brew of racism and sexism: by
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to stand trial this year. His case is emblematic of how far the US government will go to hide the truth.
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The latest update to my podcast #BrazilonFire is out, looking at the Jan 8th attempted coup, Lula's new gov & the on-going threat to #Brazil's democracy from Bolsonarismo. Ft. Insightful analysis from . Co-produced by
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LASD officers have harassed Daniel Alvarez for the past three years, arresting him eight times since his first encounter with them—always on charges that have later been dismissed due to lack of evidence.
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Televised debates are already skewed toward the right, commentators say.
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The failed Jan. 8th ‘invasion’ of Brasilia has united Brazil behind Lula’s agenda to rebuild the country. But the battle for Brazil’s future isn’t over yet: by
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A growing chorus of prominent journalists and pundits have taken aim at another target: the proponents of a more vigorous public health response against COVID-19.
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Despite the lack of universal healthcare coverage in the US, the country spends significantly more on healthcare related costs than comparable countries: by
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Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich argues that the political and military class are unable to adapt to a changing world. Unless they are wrenched from power, the twilight of the American empire will be one filled with catastrophe after catastrophe.
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conducted a Spanish-language interview with 3 workers who were all fired last spring from their jobs at Alba Demolition after they were caught talking to Local 79 organizers on their break
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The Siena College poll found that Santos has just an 8 percent approval rating among suburbanite voters in the state.
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The deck has always been stacked in the boss’s favor, that's why the right to strike is such a powerful weapon. And right now the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could seriously restrict our right to strike.
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Founded by women with incarcerated loved ones in Nevada’s prison system, is fighting mass incarceration in a state dominated by prison interests.
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Tune in tomorrow to #ItsBloodyComplicated at 1pm EST / 6pm UK time! Our Editor-in-Chief will be LIVE with and talking about workers' struggle for universal dignity and taking caller questions.
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@maximillian_alv chronicles the stories of everyday working people who lived and fought through Covid and attacks on workers rights
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13 years ago, published leaked US gov't documents detailing a range of criminal and unethical acts, from the slaughter of civilians to acts of espionage against foreign heads of state. Since then, the persecution of Julian Assange has not ceased
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To give an idea of the work they are doing: was the first national reporter to stop by the Case picket line in Burlington, IA. I then met her again like a week later at rally for rail workers in Galesburg, IL. She was 1 of 2 national reporters at it.
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Support The Real News! They are doing some awesome independent journalism. From the Case strike to the railroad workers' fight, , and are killing it with their labor coverage!
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First, to understand what CNH Industrial workers and their families have been fighting for, read @mel_buer's report from the picket line in Burlington, Iowa, which she traveled to over the summer for TRNN:
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Then, please watch this worker solidarity livestream we put on in Dec., in which gave updates on the CNH Industrial strike and discussed why it's so important for all of us to support workers on the picket line until they win
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Then, listen to our Editor-in-Chief 's interview with of Local 807, who has worked at CNH Industrial for 11 years:
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First, to understand what CNH Industrial workers and their families have been fighting for, read 's report from the picket line in Burlington, Iowa, which she traveled to over the summer for TRNN:
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After 265 days on the picket line, through blistering summer heat and subzero winter temperatures, the CNH Industrial strike in Iowa and Wisconsin is over. Solidarity with these brave workers! Here’s some of our coverage from the past year...
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The Case strike had a ubiquitous presence in Burlington. After 265 days, it is over.
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The travel restriction regimes that still persist today across Africa means the racist legacy of colonialism is still written into the very geography of the continent.
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According to various human rights organizations, in the over a month of protests, at least 50 protesters have died as a result of brutal repression by public security forces in Peru.
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The questionable arrest of Daniel Alvarez went viral after PAR featured him in an investigative report. But since he went public with concerns over unlawful police tactics, the same cops have been stopping him without cause and issuing thousands in fines
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In scenes reminiscent of South Korea’s authoritarian past, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service raided the headquarters of the country’s second-largest and most militant labor federation on Wednesday morning.
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13 years ago, published leaked US gov't documents detailing a range of criminal and unethical acts, from the slaughter of civilians to acts of espionage against foreign heads of state. Since then, the persecution of Julian Assange has not ceased
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More than half a century since decolonization on the continent began, Africans remain unable to travel freely. Meanwhile, capital and passport holders from the Global North move unimpeded not only throughout Africa but the world.
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Maryland officials are auditing 100 cases of deaths in police custody presided over by a key witness for the defense in the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd.
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Many eyes within the labor movement are fixed on the Supreme Court, which is currently hearing arguments in a case that could seriously restrict the right to strike.
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