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One City’s Pioneering Project to Push Police Funding Into Housing the Homeless

Leave a Comment / Affordable Housing, economy / By max cyril

Homelessness in the U.S., which was already on the rise prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased in 2020, exacerbated by the economic realities of the pandemic. Austin, Texas, is no exception, with an estimated 11 percent increase in homeless people counted in the city and Travis County between 2019 and 2020, according to the point-in-time (PIT) count reported in the …

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Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement, Members Say

Local unions defy AFL-CIO in push to oust police unions

AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions by Comparing Them to Employers

1 Comment / unions / By max cyril

As the AFL-CIO struggles with a growing debate over its alignment with police unions, the disagreement inside of the labor coalition itself is becoming more pointed. At an internal meeting of the Executive Council on Friday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke out against the idea of kicking police unions out of the coalition—confusingly, by comparing …

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Union President Says Minneapolis Is Trying to Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help the Police

Trump’s Bid to Pit Black and Brown Workers Against Each Other

Leave a Comment / immigration / By max cyril

President Trump has resurrected an old canard in his effort to sell a new effort to restrict immigration into the United States. The legislation he backs, he said at a White House ceremony, was necessary in part to protect “minority workers competing for jobs against brand-new arrivals” under the current immigration system. This theme is a …

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