Incredible line from a grand juror in the Broadview 6 case, who had just asked the prosecutors why they get "unlimited tries" to indict people they don't want to indict:
"I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is."
I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
According to a new Reuters report, Trump and his sons have added over $2.3B to their family fortune from their main crypto ventures — while handing their investors $2.3B in losses.
The grifter-in-chief's crypto corruption knows no bounds.
Nearly 1,000 non-tenured faculty at NYU walked off the job for two days this spring.
Peter Cole reports that they returned with a strong first contract: minimum $14,000 raises, annual increases and long-term employment guarantees.
Ron Filipkowski
Despite criticizing universities as elitist and woke, Republicans in Congress sponsored millions more in targeted funding for colleges than Democrats from 2021 to 2023.
Republicans were more likely to earmark funds to whiter, wealthier schools.
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Clint Smith
Facts
A 40% pay increase, the right to walk off the job if federal agents (i.e. CBP/ICE) pose a threat to them *and* the contract expires in April 2028 so they can demand more ahead of the Olympics.
Shoutout Local 11, shoutout unions.
Trump's crypto corruption is off the charts.Here's how the president's latest grift could endanger our democracy and cra
By withholding their labor earlier this year, non-tenured faculty at New York University won major gains—and helped create better learning conditions for their students.
I interviewed Prof. Remes, a leader in the union affiliated with @uaw.org which recently won HUGE raises and job security after organizing and going on strike this spring. Shows the way for other academic workers @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aflcio.org @lawcha.bsky.social
Democrats tend to give less than Republicans when it comes to earmarked funding for universities – but they give more to minority-serving institutions.
This Day in Labor History: June 9, 1941. The military, with support from the CIO and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. Let's talk about this key moment of labor leaders ensuring strikes wouldn't interfere with political goals!!!!
Robert Reich
In These Times
The Conversation U.S.
Tim Onion
Nearly 1,000 non-tenured faculty at NYU walked off the job for two days this spring.
Peter Cole reports that they returned with a strong first contract: minimum $14,000 raises, annual increases and long-term employment guarantees.
Thomas Swords
Ryan Rosenblatt, Back to Back World Series Champ
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stadium workers near Los Angeles say they have reached a tentative contract deal, averting strike ahead of World Cup.
