The number of workers on strike hits the highest since the 1980s CNBC
Labor
Fairfax Connector Bus Strike Ends
Metro and its largest union reach surprise labor agreement that would avoid privatization Washington Post
L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art will recognize a new employee union Artsy
What this week’s strike at UCD hospital means for patients, traffic in Sacramento Denton Daily
NYC Has a Family Homelessness Crisis. Who are the Families? City Limits
Explosion of U.S. tech jobs concentrated in just five metro areas, study finds Washington Post
American Factories Demand White-Collar Education for Blue-Collar Work Wall Street Journal
Within three years, U.S. manufacturing workers with college degrees will outnumber those without
Global weapons sales up as US manufacturers dominate world market CNN
Haiti
The United Nations and Haiti: 15 years of Unilateral War Resumen
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples Are Under Attack in Bolivia After Evo Morales’ Departure Teen Vogue
Indigenous resistance, title make Trans Mountain pipeline extension ‘untenable,’ says economist APTN
Ecuador’s indigenous people under threat from oil drilling Financial Times
Another ridiculously credulous Trump headline – and article — from the New York Times Press Watch
New York Times marquee Trump reporters Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman reported Tuesday night on an executive order Trump plans to sign Wednesday declaring Judaism a race and a nationality.
Even by Trump standards, it’s a breathtaking move with wide-ranging implications and historic reverberations. Like everything he does, it reflects brazen political goals and needs to be cast in the context of his profound bigotry, which very much extends to Jews.
Im/migrants and refugees
Doctors Arrested During Border Flu Shot Protest MedPage Today
Ultra-nationalists vandalize Tomb of People’s Heroes in Belgrade Peoples Dispatch
Boots Riley Critiques ‘Joker:’ “These Superhero Movies are Cop Movies”
Getting Away with Mass Killings in Africa ROAPE
Thomas MacManus discusses the issues of corporate crimes and killings in Africa. Focusing on the 2006 case of Trafigura – a multinational oil trading company – who offloaded hazardous waste in Côte d’Ivoire which was then dumped causing death, and suffering to thousands.
George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon Eric Foner
From Hayek to Hitler: An analysis of the Libertarian to Fascist Pipeline Medium
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