alabama
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Analysis
Amazon pays little in taxes, makes record profits
The union drive of Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers has shed the light on the oppressive, unsafe working conditions and low…
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7 lies Amazon tells about the union
In a historic development, 5,800 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are right now voting on whether to…
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Amazon union struggle takes hold in southern state with radical labor history
It should be no surprise that a place like Bessemer, Alabama is exactly where Amazon’s first union in the United…
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$3 billion to spare? Alabama’s governor spends on prisons
Alabama is making one of the largest public expenditures in the state’s history—on building new prisons. Governor Ivey should put…
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Militant Journalism
Bessemer, Alabama, community rallies for Amazon workers’ union
The rally was organized by RWDSU to mark the beginning of the voting period on Feb 8, when Bessemer's Amazon…
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Analysis
Alabama’s governor rejects Medicaid expansion, kills women with preventable cancer
The necessity for healthcare as a human right is more evident every day.
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Militant Journalism
The horrible water in Goodwater, Alabama
"Personally, I watched the water crisis that developed nationally in Flint, Michigan with a disquieting sense of déjà vu."
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Analysis
Alabama executes innocent Black man despite pleas from victim’s family and codefendant
Despite evidence of his innocence brought forward by his family and numerous supporters, the execution was pushed through.
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Iran
Southern activists come out for Global Day of Protest
January 25 saw Southern activists mobilize again in protest of U.S. intervention in the Middle East
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Analysis
Black Dean of Students Jamie Riley fired in Alabama for telling the truth
Riley fired for tweets about racist foundations of US society.
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