As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t. ‘It’s a movement,’ says Patriotic Millionaires’ Chuck Collins. Washington isn’t the first state to pass a so-called millionaire tax, and it won’t be the last.
The Thanksgiving Day Celebration originated From a Massacre - Let's Hear the Wampanoag side of the story. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about the November holiday.(from Indian Country Today, original published 2017.)
‘A stunning rebuke.’ Voters’ support for legislative audit, ditching MCAS mandate sends message to Beacon Hill.
Massachusetts will vote on Question 5 to eliminate a subminimum wage for tipped workers. This brief describes the workers who will be directly affected by eliminating the subminimum wage & considers impact on job quality, employment, costs & prices.
Uber and Lyft are not opposing Question 3, which would give some bargaining rights to drivers but keep them as independent contractors without full labor protection.
Greenfield, Massachusetts residents talk about what drives then to protest Israel's war on Gaza
Despite pushback from CEO James Daunt, employees are organizing for better pay, dignity and working conditions.
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,”
Massachusetts’ coldest days not nearly so cold.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison was a hotbed of student radicalism in the 1960s. and left-wing activists there were among the first of their generation to organize around issues related to their own mis-treatment as workers.
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