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When Sleeping Is a Crime

Colleen Shaddox The American Prospect
With a new executive order and model state legislation criminalizing homelessness, the richest people in the U.S. are making it easier to lock up the poorest. Today in Washington, DC the order is out - lock up the unhoused.

Tidbits- Aug.14 -Readers Comments: Police State Take-Over of Washington, DC; Israel Continues To Murder Gaza Journalists; NYC Mayor’s Race – Call for Universal Childcare; Chick-fil-A Fined for Child Labor; New Resource – Social Security FAQ; and More

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Readers Comments: Police State Take-Over of Washington, DC; Israel Continues to Murder Gaza Journalists; NYC Mayor’s Race - Call for Universal Childcare; Chick-fil-A Fined for Child Labor; New Resource - Social Security FAQ; Cartoons and lots more;

Debunking the Myths About Mamdani’s Candidacy

Stewart Lawrence CounterPunch
Fear-mongering is built on a series of myths about how the electorate in New York – and indeed, elsewhere –is likely to view candidates like Mamdani. What are these myths?

Corporations Want To Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs

Luke Goldstein Jacobin
As regulators crack down on noncompete agreements that bar workers from finding better jobs, employees across the country are increasingly bound by a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts them to their bosses.
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