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St. Vincent Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement

Massachusetts Nurses Association Massachusetts Nurses Association
St. Vincent Hospital Nurses and Tenet Healthcare Reach Tentative Agreement Clearing the Way for an End to the Historic Nine-Month Strike Pending Ratification by the Nurses

Acts of Rebel Sanity

Frances Moore Lappé The Progressive
With the past half-century’s experience, it’s become harder to deny that suffering arises not from nature’s deficit but humanity’s failure—our failure to reverse the tightening concentration of wealth and the decline of democracies around the world.

Traffic Stop

Pankaj Khemka Rattle
What every driver dreads, a traffic stop, in the words of poet Pankaj Khemka comes to a peaceful end, a holiday gift.

Friday Nite Videos | December 17, 2021

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Sen. Raphael Warnock: Bipartisanship at Whose Expense? The Children Will Rise Up! | Nandi & Roman, With Tom Morello. A Universal Flu Vaccine Is Closer Than You Think. Red Rocket | Movie. Fighting Algorithmic Bias | Joy Buolamwini.

'Clock Is Ticking' on the Child Tax Credit

Julia Conley Common Dreams
"Anyone who thinks that we should cut that back and tell millions and millions of working parents that they're not going to have the money they need to raise their children with dignity, I think that's a terrible mistake."

What Amy Coney Barrett's Anti-Abortion Code Really Means

Kate Riga Talking Points Memo
At all levels of the anti-abortion movement, advocates have long touted safe haven laws to dismiss the necessity of abortion — a rich history that Barrett’s question was tapping into.

West Side Story: The Next Chapter

Saida Pagán Palabra
“I am very proud. I think it’s a huge step forward ... what this whole production has done is kind of lead by example and I think this is just opening doors, so many doors, for future actors from the Latinx community."