Grassroots Groups in Mississippi Are Pushing for Representation in Local Office
Nashville, Tennessee — The modern Civil Rights Movement began when Rosa Parks refused to ride in the back of the bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955; in 1957 the Little Rock Nine integrated Central High School in Arkansas; the 1960 Woolworth lunch counter boycott started in Greensboro, North Carolina, and spread […]
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Kwasi Kwarteng admits ‘turbulence’ caused by mini budget
After announcing that the plan to abolish the 45p income tax rate was being scrapped, the chancellor spoke at the Conservative party conference. In a reference to the U-turn, the chancellor admitted his mini-budget had “caused a little turbulence”. “What a day, it has been tough but we need to focus on the job in […]
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Lula Vows to Keep Fighting in Runoff With Bolsonaro
Leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said late Sunday that “the campaign begins tomorrow” after he fell just shy of clearing the 50% threshold to win the closely watched and globally important Brazilian election outright, setting up an October 30 runoff against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. “Tomorrow we will be on the streets […]
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Some States Are Quietly Trying to Limit Health Care Access for Trans Adults
Original publication by The 19th. As state-level restrictions and campaigns to stop gender-affirming treatment for minors have expanded in scope, creativity Some transgender adults have worried that they will be the next target in the last year. Advocates say that the day is still not here, but they are making efforts. “We’re in a ‘never […]
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Shaping the healthcare agenda of the new government
Therese Copey, the new Health and Social Care Secretary and deputy Prime Minister, faces a lot of in-tray. As the new government takes shape, we are told that the priorities of the new Secretary of State will be ‘ABCD’: ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists. Anyone involved in the delivery of healthcare knows, there are […]
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Chancellor says he has ‘contrition’ as he reverses plans to cut 45p rate of income tax
The new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government has cancelled plans to abolish the 45p rate of income tax on those earning over £150,000. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme, Mr Kwarteng said, “On the 45p rate, it is very simple, we talked to a lot of people around the country, […]
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Kamala Harris Remains True to Doctrine of Unequal Treatment
How is it possible that equity, a doctrine telling government and the private sector to treat Americans differently based on their race, is so prevalent in the Land of the Free. One reason is that it is deliberately obscured. Kamala Harris is a good reminder every so often. The Veep displayed her inerrant tin ears […]
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Free Stores Offer an Alternative to the Exploitative Capitalist Economy
We all love a good deal and will often go to great lengths in order to get one. But only for a few minutes. Woodbine*, an experimental hub in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, thrifting was entirely free and there wasn’t a catch. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a flood of people showed up to the space 30 minutes […]
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GEICO Is Trying to Crush Workers’ Attempts to Form an Independent Union
This article was originally published at Labor Notes. Lila Balali, a GEICO insurance sales rep, first thought about a union during the pandemic. “I didn’t really know what a union was,” she says, “just that it was something for the employee.” She was abruptly sent to work with her coworkers. She set up a cramped […]
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Schools Should Ban Corporal Punishment — and Teach Restorative Justice Instead
For years, young people — especially young people of color, those with disabilities and those identifying as LGBTQIA+ — have been subjected to over-policing, unfair surveillance, and punitive and exclusionary discipline in schools. This has led to some of them moving out of school and into the criminal justice system. It is now known as […]
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