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Tacoma Tenants Organizing Committee
Shoutout to Tacoma Tenants Organizing Committee and everyone else on the ground fighting for tenant rights. We’re gonna win! from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2UEnz1R via IFTTT
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State senator accused nurses of playing cards on the job. So they dealt her a reality check
“After nurses rallied outside the capitol Wednesday morning, the Senate voted 32-16 just before 1 p.m. for a version of the bill that eliminates the rural hospital exemption. The House later followed suit with a 70-24 vote, capping a 10-year effort by unions representing health care workers to get the Read more…
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Joe Biden is about to ruin his reputation
“Biden was a major engine behind mass incarceration, constantly whipping up fear of crime, demanding harsher sentences, and writing bills to that effect. ‘I don’t care why someone is a malefactor in society,’ he said in a 1993 speech. As Ta-Nehisi Coates points out, ‘He wasn’t trying to compromise with Read more…
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Joe Biden Expresses Regret to Anita Hill, but She Says ‘I’m Sorry’ Is Not Enough
“But Ms. Hill, in an interview Wednesday, said she left the conversation feeling deeply unsatisfied and declined to characterize his words to her as an apology. She said she is not convinced that Mr. Biden truly accepts the harm he caused her and other women who suffered sexual harassment and Read more…
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The Number of U.S. Workers Involved in a Strike in 2018 Was the Highest Since 1986
“More than 90% of these 485,000 workers were in the education, health care and social assistance industries. This should come as no surprise, as waves of teacher activism and strikes by nurses and other medical workers frequently dominated headlines last year.” from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2UBies5 via IFTTT
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More States Are Pursuing Rent Control. That’s Bad News for Landlords.
Let’s roll, Washington. 🌹 from Tacoma DSA https://on.wsj.com/2IFQxN8 via IFTTT
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I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind
“Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump—and it would be an epic act of self-destruction for Democrats to try and hobble his campaign.” from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2Gy00CR via IFTTT
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How to Win | Dissent Magazine
“Without unions to institutionalize them, waves of activism dissipate. As the nation and the labor movement shift to the left, progressives need to push forward policies and politics that strengthen those working-class organizations.” from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2Xzr0sg via IFTTT