From JacobinThere are many good reasons to go on strike: pay, safety, shorter hours, freedom from harassment, the simple joy of telling off the boss. For Hindl Pastor, a refugee from czarist Russia’s pogroms who was working in a London tailor shop sometime around 1890, it … [Read more...] about Rose Pastor Stokes Was More Than a Celebrity — She Was a Working-Class Hero
Social Justice/社会正義
The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class
From CommonDreamsPublished on Saturday, October 24, 2020 by Inequality.orgThe Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class The Republican tax law boosted the fortunes of America's wealthiest while increasing insecurity for U.S. manufacturing workers.bySarah Anderson 0 CommentsCEO and founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos participates in a … [Read more...] about The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class
'Epic Level of Corruption': Postal Service Quietly Awards $5 Million Contract to DeJoy's Former Company
From CommonDreamsPublished on Saturday, October 24, 2020byCommon Dreams'Epic Level of Corruption': Postal Service Quietly Awards $5 Million Contract to DeJoy's Former Company "Reminder that Louis DeJoy still needs to be fired."byJake Johnson, staff writer 0 CommentsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testifiy during a House Oversight and … [Read more...] about 'Epic Level of Corruption': Postal Service Quietly Awards $5 Million Contract to DeJoy's Former Company
The Art of Packing
From CommonDreams"[T]he Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders. . . ." — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907) Federal courts are a lot like suitcases as events over the last 5 years have shown. There are many different ways to pack them. This would be of no particular interest … [Read more...] about The Art of Packing
New York State Is Lagging Far Behind on Its Climate Commitments
From JacobinWhat Would It Take? To understand what it would take to actually achieve the CLCPA’s reductions, consider the state’s greatest sources of emissions. Cars and trucks are New York state’s top source of pollution. As of last year, a mere 46,000 out of about ten million vehicles are … [Read more...] about New York State Is Lagging Far Behind on Its Climate Commitments