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Building a Rapid-Response Network to Defend Immigrant Workers
As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants, it’s urgent for worker centers and unions to organize to defend immigrant members.
In Western Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley Workers Center has created a rapid-response network it calls “Sanctuary in the Streets” (SiS). The worker center, founded in 2014, organizes restaurant workers and farmworkers in the area. Worker committees set the network's priorities.
NOAA Lowers Warnings For Atlantic Hurricane Season
Due to the burgeoning El Niño, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecasted a quieter-than-usual Atlantic hurricane season. What do you think?
NASA Scientists Make Life-Changing Discovery But You Kind Of Had To Be There
WASHINGTON—Admitting that a second-hand retelling would not do their findings justice, NASA scientists confirmed Thursday that they had made a life-changing discovery, but you kind of had to be there. “These results revolutionize our very understanding of subatomic particles—man, I wish I could even explain, however,…
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Best Candidates for Working People, 2018: Andy Levin
This November's elections are shaping up to be among the most consequential in recent U.S. history. Throughout the summer and fall, we are going to take a look at the best candidates for working people. Today, we feature Michigan congressional candidate Andy Levin.
Here are some of the key reasons why Levin is one of the best candidates for working people in 2018:
- Levin wants to make increasing living standards a part of all trade deals.
- He favors raising the minimum wage.
- Levin said he wants to focus on restoring the freedom of working people to organize and bargain collectively.
- He wants to expand paid family leave.
- Levin will fight for equal pay and benefits for all women, particularly women of color.
- In Michigan, he became the state's first chief workforce officer and created a program, "No Worker Left Behind," which helped more than 162,000 Michiganders get workforce training and another 120,000 get new jobs.
- He will fight Republican attempts to undermine and privatize Social Security.
- Levin advocates for universal public education under local control with well-compensated teachers.
- He wants to create a comprehensive, long-term program to invest in roads, bridges, sewers, mass transit and other infrastructure.
- In Congress, he will stand up for trade policies that protect the rights of working people and raise the standard of living for workers in all countries that are involved.
- He said he wants to change tax policies to stop incentivizing outsourcing.
- Levin will vote to increase investment in job training and apprenticeships.
- He wants Congress to pass legislation barring discrimination against LGBTQ-plus people in employment, housing and other aspects of American life.
- Levin said he wants the United States to move away from the prison industrial complex and favors other criminal justice reforms that diminish the oppression of people of color.
- He wants comprehensive immigration reform with a clear pathway to citizenship and wants to end family separations at the border.
- Levin will work to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau so it can continue to protect families that are treated poorly by banks, payday lenders, check cashing stores and others.
- He wants to ensure access to affordable health care for all Americans by passing Medicare for All and taking on the high cost of prescription drugs.
- Levin wants to embrace postal banking as a way to give Americans easy access to banking services from a trustworthy source.
- He supports a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United in order to bring full disclosure of all money donated to influence elections.
Learn more about Levin at his website.
Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 08/16/2018 - 09:15Tags: Elections 2018
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Biblical Scholars Find Evidence Church Covered Up For 3 Wise Men Who Molested Baby Jesus
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Man Guessing He’s Stared At Giant Sequoia Long Enough To Appreciate It
RED FIR, CA—Spending what seemed like the correct amount of time soaking in the beauty of the massive tree, local man Matt Tedesco assumed Wednesday that he probably stared at a giant sequoia long enough to appreciate it. “I mean, it’s definitely really big, and I went and stood under it, so I think I get how majestic…
Study Finds That All The Worst People Will Outlive You
ATLANTA—Confirming your long-held suspicions with a 15-year observational study on the effects of behavior on human aging, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Wednesday that all of the world’s absolute worst people would almost certainly outlive you. “We can now conclusively say…
The Onion’s Guide To ‘The Great British Baking Show’
The Great British Baking Show, a British television competition that airs on Netflix and PBS, has become a cult phenomenon in the U.S. The Onion presents a guide to everything you need to know about The Great British Baking Show.
Arby’s Releases Barbara Bush Tribute Edition Curly Fries
SANDY SPRINGS, GA—In an effort to honor the widely admired first lady, fast-casual chain Arby’s announced Wednesday that they’re releasing special edition curly fries packaged in a carton with the late Barbara Bush’s face alongside the words “In Remembrance” written tastefully in cursive. “We’re excited today to pay…
More Than 100 U.S. Newspapers Plan Editorials Decrying Trump’s Attacks On Media
More than 100 newspapers have signed onto a Boston Globe-led campaign to publish editorials inveighing against Trump’s designation of the media as an “enemy of the people.” What do you think?