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A tyranny of greed: starter interrupter devices
My last post noted how the credit card companies are out for blood, garnishing huge portions of workers’ wages for…
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Credit card companies out for blood
Wage theft! A recent report by ProPublica and NPR well documents a new form of wage theft being carried out…
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Building a city for the rich–fare hike in San Francisco
On Labor Day, San Francisco public transportation fees increased. This was the first increase since 2009—when a formula was…
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Reflections on the killing of an innocent teen, Rashawn Williams
On late Tuesday night, Sept. 2, the Mission District community in San Francisco began to disseminate the unthinkable news that…
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Struggle leads to progress: Medicaid & autism treatment
As Frederick Douglass famously said, “Without struggle there is no progress.” This has once again been proven correct as the…
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Rally demands: ‘Stop the war on the poor!’
Poor and working people ready to fight back gathered in Washington, D.C., July 14 for a rally to “stop the…
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Mayor punts min. wage over to reactionaries
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’s for a $13 an hour minimum wage that was recently proposed by a working…
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Heroin’s resurgence and other white lines
NYC’s firefighters and emergency medical technicians will today (7/1/14) begin to administer a medication that has the ability to rescue…
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NYC class war: Board approves rent hike
Last night hundreds of New York City residents turned out to the annual Rent Guidelines Board meeting at Cooper Union…
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Grocery workers can’t afford food
Let’s take a look at a couple facts … just a few. -1 in 3 grocery workers receives some form…
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