…PRO Act The PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act, passed by the House in March, would reduce that inequality, said Shuler. It would “balance the scales before they break”…
…the acres of parking lots required for the superhighway-based development models of the past century.” California’s unfinished high-speed route, which is projected to cost $80 billion, is arguably the largest…
…gig workers, who as “independent contractors” are part of a precarious workforce that lacks the basic safety net of healthcare or access to workers compensation in the event they are…
…don’t want to follow even the basic requirements of minimum wage, overtime, and eligibility for unemployment benefits. They structure jobs under the pretense that their workers are actually “independent contractors,”…
…the big non-profit networks that act like for-profits. Medicaid and uninsured patients, including immigrants, are mostly served by safety net institutions. Yet, the lion’s share of Medicaid and Indigenous Care…
…folks made up 32.2%, according to the research. Bessemer ranks at eight out of the top 10 poorest cities in Alabama, according to RoadSnacks.net, a real estate blog that compiles…
…your back right now. COVID-19 is pushing working mothers out of the workplace four times faster than men. If this trend continues, women’s projected income loss is estimated at $64.5…
…hard-earned retirements. Learning from the two unfair bailouts of the housing/financial crises over the past 20 years, we don’t want to see a repeat of Wall Street getting bailed out…
…Safety Division “actually already better achieves the goals of many police reform advocates,” he wrote in a letter. “The advocates generally tout diversity of the workforce, a community policing model,…
