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Why Bernie’s Medicare Expansion Plan Got Snuffed Out
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Amazon Labor Union Update: Workers to Vote in Albany & Three Warehouses on Fire
Workers at Amazon warehouse ALB1 near Albany prepare for union vote next week and at JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island workers sit in after fire.
Mutual Aid Groups Mobilize in Response to Migrant Influx
Ariadna Phillips of South Bronx Mutual/Mutual Aid Collective tells the NY City Council about the city’s failure to meet the basic needs of migrants.
Russians Helping Ukrainians? An LGBTQ+ Group Leads the Way
RUSA LGBTQ+ is working hard to help Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia.
Welcoming the Stranger: An Interview with New York Immigration Coalition’s Murad Awawdeh
We talk with the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition about its response to the recent influx of asylum-seeking migrants from border states.
NYU Adjuncts Begin Strike Authorization Vote
The university has offered a 6% pay increase that ACT-UAW 7902 says doesn’t keep up with the rate of inflation.
Brooklyn Public Library vs. the Book Banners
Newly-minted BPL e-cards are now available to young readers in all 50 states as book restrictions proliferate.
Fran Hawthorne’s new book, I Meant to Tell You, is a redemptive tale that illuminates the tenuous ties that bind us.
How I Overcame The Color Barrier at the New Yorker and Other Tales of a Young Artist
Sometimes chutzpah, a combination of bluster and gall, pays off. Just ask Liz Montague. When Montague was 22, she…
An 11-foot-tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl reminds us of the humanity of people who flee their homelands seeking safety and a better life.
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