The Truth Behind Nurses Week (May 6-12) Since 1990, when the American Nurses Association declared that an entire week – from May 6-12th (the birthday of Florence Nightingale) — would be dedicated to celebrating the nation’s nurses, hospitals and other
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Rising Protests Across U.S. On Mayday, a lone man scrawled slogans in red paint on the front wall of the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise [MOGE] office on Pagoda Road in Yangon, Myanmar.   The slogans demanded that four international energy
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For as long as Richard Trumka has been a national AFL-CIO leader—more than a quarter of a century—his labor federation has been encouraging its state and local affiliates to revitalize themselves to help reverse union decline. Now nearing retirement as
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Current headlines surrounding the Olympic movement involve its decision to press on with the reset Summer Games this year in Tokyo, despite a still untamed global pandemic, as well as discussion of whether nations or corporations should boycott the 2024
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Cities Must Open Neighborhoods to Unhoused America’s homelessness crisis is an affordable housing crisis. It was triggered when low-income residents priced out by late 1970’s urban gentrification failed to get the Section 8 certificates (or other subsidies) necessary for them
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Biden Offers Positive Leadership Model “The problem with Cuomo is no one has ever liked him.” — Richard Ravitch, a former Democratic lieutenant governor. “I have not met a person yet in New York politics who has a good relationship
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Taplin Pushes to Increase Inclusion After ending exclusionary zoning and moving forward to legalize fourplexes, Berkeley is still pushing for a more inclusive city.  In a huge step toward that goal, Councilmember Terry Taplin is sponsoring a 100% Affordable Housing
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This piece first appeared in Streetsblog USA. Amtrak is aiming to de-prioritize profitability and focus on radically expanding its service with the help of the next infrastructure bill — and help intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential
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