Last week, jailed inmates in the St. Louis City “Justice” Center broke out of their cells, chanting, “We want court dates!” in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. These inmates have not been convicted of any crime, but are...
On Wednesday, March 31, Biden began to release the details of his American Jobs Plan (AJP), his latest stimulus bill designed to lift the economy from the COVID-19 recession. Much like the already passed 1.9 trillion-dollar American Rescue Plan, the AJP has received a...
A reservoir containing waste-water from a former phosphate mine in Piney Point, Florida, just off of Tampa Bay, leaked last month into a 79-acre system of ponds. The waste-water contains many dangerous chemicals, including significant amounts of radioactive materials,...
April 5, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French President Macron announced our third lockdown last week. All child care facilities and schools will close, and the school calendar will change, with...
In the most closely watched unionization drive in years, fewer than half of the nearly 6,000 workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 1,798 to 738 against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The mainstream...
