Democrat Candidates Election 2020
Bates College Administration Censors Student Reporters Covering Staff Unionization
Bates College administration pressured campus newspaper The Bates Student on Wednesday to remove an article from its website featuring interviews with five Bates employees trying to unionize adjunct faculty and non-managerial staff. The campus workers announced their attempt to unionize on October 5, citing low pay, poor working conditions, and declining staff retention. If the…
Read MoreOs crimes não vão parar de surgir só por causa do fim da CPI
Foto: Andressa Anholete/Bloomberg via Getty Images O relatório final da CPI já está no forno e sairá com 11 crimes atribuídos ao presidente da República, segundo o relator Renan Calheiros. A lista inclui crimes de responsabilidade, crimes contra a saúde pública e crimes contra a humanidade. Além dele, no mínimo, outras 40 pessoas serão indiciadas.…
Read MoreComo um conflito milionário com a PagSeguro levou um empresário criado na favela à cadeia
Passar 35 anos sem nunca ter pisado em uma delegacia foi uma das formas do empresário Fábio Souza Lima contrariar estatísticas e preconceitos. Negro, nascido em Pojuca, no interior da Bahia e criado na favela dos Bancários, no Rio de Janeiro, Fábio começou a trabalhar como cobrador de van aos 12 anos. Duas décadas depois,…
Read MoreNYPD Lawyer Who Oversaw Violent Arrests of Legal Observers Should Be Disciplined, Watchdog Says
The watchdog agency that oversees misconduct by the New York Police Department has recommended that disciplinary charges be brought against the NYPD lawyer who directed police to arrest impartial legal observers during a protest in the Bronx in the summer of 2020. The Civilian Complaint Review Board substantiated 12 allegations against Sgt. Kenneth Rice of…
Read MoreA guerra do CFM contra as mulheres
Ilustração: Mayk Brambilla para o Intercept Brasil Dificultar o acesso à contracepção. Abrir fogo contra a luta pelo fim da violência obstétrica. Diminuir as chances de mulheres que recorrem à reprodução assistida terem filhos. Essas são algumas das vitórias conquistadas nos últimos anos pelo Conselho Federal de Medicina no campo da (des)igualdade de gênero. Juntas,…
Read MoreMichael Isikoff on Julian Assange and Monica Lewinsky
As the U.S. continues to pursue WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition from the U.K., an explosive story from Yahoo News has revealed that top officials, including then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo, discussed extraditing and even assassinating him. Michael Isikoff, one of the reporters on that story, joins Ryan Grim to discuss Assange’s fate as well…
Read MoreWhy The Virginia Governor’s Race Is So Close
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Election Day 2021 is only about two weeks away, and the big race to watch is undoubtedly Virginia’s gubernatorial contest. A still-somewhat purple state with a Democratic lean in recent presidential elections, Virginia will be viewed by many as a bellwether for the 2022 midterms, and the race…
Read MorePolitics Podcast: What Happens When Local News Disappears
FiveThirtyEight More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS Local news is disappearing in towns across the country. From 2008 to 2019, the percentage of people who said they got their news from local papers fell by more than half. In the same time period, the number of newsroom jobs plummeted. The way Americans…
Read MoreAlugar equipamento hospitalar pelo dobro do preço de compra? O Exército achou um bom negócio.
Se você estivesse pesquisando preços para comprar uma televisão que custa por volta de R$ 2 mil, diria o quê a quem te propusesse alugar o mesmo aparelho por seis meses por mais de R$ 4 mil? O atual comandante do 6º Batalhão de Engenharia e Construção do Exército, o 6º BEC, em Roraima, coronel…
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[For more analysis and commentary, please join me at robertreich.substack.com] The General Strike of 2021 On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that some 4.3 million people had quit their jobs in August. That comes to about 2.9 percent of the workforce – up from the previous record set in April, of about 4 million people…
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