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September 30, 2021

For America’s Sake, We Can’t Afford to Cut $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan

Bernie Sanders USA Today

This reconciliation bill is being opposed by every Republican in Congress as well as the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry and the billionaire class. They want to maintain the status quo in which the rich get richer.

September 30, 2021

Invest In the Public Now

Zephyr Teachout Times Union

New York’s economic development policy was all about developing the pocketbooks of campaign donors and leaving working class and poor New Yorkers behind, cutting out small businesses, favoring cronies, leaving communities struggling for resources.

September 30, 2021

Dear Unvaccinated: Bye! And Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the . . . Well, You Know

Leonard Pitts Miami Herald

This is for those of you who’ve chosen to quit your jobs rather than submit to a vaccine mandate. Because this thing could have been over by now, and you’re the reason it isn’t.

September 30, 2021

The Mind-Blowing Political Potential of a College Football Players Union

Hamilton Nolan In These Times

A union of college athletes could become one of the strongest progressive institutions in the South.

September 30, 2021

Tidbits - Sept. 30, 2021 - Reader Comments: Save the Postal Service; Film and Television Workers; Renewable Energy; Berlin Votes to Expropriate Apartments from Corporate Landlords; Haitian & Black Immigrants; Racial Justice and Police Misconduct;

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Reader Comments: Save the Postal Service; Film and Television Workers; Renewable Energy; Berlin Votes to Expropriate Apartments from Corporate Landlords; Haitian & Black Immigrants Toolkit; Racial Justice and Police Misconduct resource; more....

September 30, 2021

ILA President Warns Shipping Lines and Developers of Fully Automated Container Vessels That ILA Members Will Not Work Ships Without Crews Aboard

ILA President Harold Daggett International Longshoremen's Association

The ILA will not work a container ship without a crew aboard. Already one company developing these automated ships also plans for automated loading and unloading of cargo from these crew-less ships without workers.

September 30, 2021