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June 22, 2024

NLRB Is Testing Out a New Tool To Stop Union Busting

Alex N. Press Jacobin

This week, the NLRB handed down its first Cemex order against Station Casinos in Las Vegas, which engaged in heavy-handed union busting before workers lost a vote to unionize. The ruling may force the casino chain to bargain with the union anyway.

June 22, 2024

Shell’s Exit From Nigeria: To Dodge Legal Problems?

Andy Rowell and James Marriot Scheer Post

The oil giant is selling its Niger Delta subsidiary – but lending the new owners the money for the purchase.

June 21, 2024

Sweet Rain

Teresa Pham-Carsillo Catamaran Literary Reader

California poet Teresa Pham-Carsillo opens the reader to summertime; show some gratitude!

June 21, 2024

Essential Jobs and Public School Teachers in the US Fail To Provide Living Wages

Alexandra Jacobo Nation of Change

Home health aides, retail salespersons, fast-food workers, and public school teachers are essential to the economy and society, yet their wages fall far short of the cost of living.

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown | Hulu

June 21, 2024

Survivors and eyewitnesses tell the immersive story of Jim Jones' organization's final hours

A Time for Choosing

June 21, 2024

THE SENECA PROJECT is a bipartisan superPAC, led by women, dedicated to mobilizing moderate women voters in key swing states in support of President Joe Biden’s re-election

Rev. Dr. William Barber - “White Poverty” & Poor People’s Campaign March | The Daily Show

June 21, 2024

William J. Barber II sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his latest book, “White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.”

Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie

June 21, 2024

Hey, Louisiana. How about mandating these biblical verses at school assemblies?

Jordan Klepper at First Post-Conviction Rally

June 21, 2024

Jordan Klepper heads to the battleground state of Wisconsin for Trump's first campaign rally as an official convict

June 21, 2024

The Christian Right Is Coming for Divorce

Anna North Vox

A counter-revolution is brewing: Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society.