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24-HOUR WEATHER ALERTS. MOVE TO MID-TERM ELECTIONS IN JUST THREE DAYS. CANDIDATES SPEND THIS LAST AFTERNOON CROSSING THE STATE TRYING TO GET YOUR VOTE. WE CATCHED UP TODAY'S TWO SENATE…

Ervin Bateman and Heather Euler. Of the three seats on the seven-member Dare County Board of Commissioners vying for this election, only one race is actually contested. Republican incumbents Jim Tobin (District 1) and Rob Ross…

The following statement was discussed and unanimously adopted by the Ford Chicago Rank-and-File Election Committee over the weekend. The committee was recently formed by workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant and Chicago Stamping Plant…

Orange County housing advocates discussed the rent ordinance Friday morning. Orange County District 5 Commissioner Emily Bonilla spoke at Friday's press conference. Bonilla discussed the response of different…

With November's midterm elections fast approaching, Congressman Ted Budd, a Republican, is aiming to defeat Democratic challenger Cheri Beasley and fill the soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat of…

Comment this storyCommentLONDON — Rishi Sunak's campaign had a simple slogan when he ran for British Prime Minister earlier this year: "Ready for Rishi".The answer was: No, sorry.He went up against Liz Truss to lead Britain's Conservative…

The number of cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 continues to rise in New Zealand after the government removed all public health measures to combat the pandemic.Medical staff test shoppers who have volunteered at a pop-up community…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday that student borrowers can begin applying for debt relief through a new online application. Biden said the application is quick and easy. It will allow…

In less than a week, nearly one million United Auto Workers workers will begin voting in the most important election in UAW history.Ballots will be mailed to 900,000 serving and retired UAW members beginning next Monday, Oct. 17. mailed no…

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CNN — In the climactic scene of "Ratatouille" - an animated film about a rat who can cook - a posh food critic named Anton Ego is served the film's…

Politically, it matters little if the discourse of these leaders is not necessarily reflected in their approach. Allusions to class erosion appeal to many voters - both the ​"working-class Waitrose shoppers and low wages that reject…

This opinion column was submitted by Amber Falgout, Northern Nevada Manager for Battle Born Progress.Subject: "I am pro-choice and I vote for Republican Adam Laxalt", September 23:I am a pro-choice woman and would rather walk through a…

The Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) has received many comments supporting the online meeting it is organizing this Sunday with the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE): “Stop the crackdown on anti-government…

A dystopian novelist might have imagined a governor attacking his own state's most famous corporation, but what novelist would have made that governor a Republican? And yet it was the Republican Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, who…

There's a new story in the world of Star Wars, and with Andor's release date fast approaching, we've got the lowdown on the first three episodes which will all drop on the Disney Plus streaming service in a big pack. While the three-part…

Community collegesThe Dallas Morning NewsHigher education has often not kept pace with real workplace…

In April 2008, an international media storm erupted following the death of 1,600 ducks in a toxic pond in Alberta, western Canada. Kate Beaton remembers it well, because she was working there at the time. "All of a sudden the whole world…

A report from a leading Sydney mortgage broker has revealed the five best performing suburbs in Sydney's lowest price bracket.The Shore Financial State of Sydney report examines data from over 600 Sydney suburbs to rank those with the…

In one house, a petite, tattooed brunette who answered the door cut her spiel off with a question, "What party is she at?" "She's a Republican," Torrez replied. "She'll get my vote and you probably don't need to say anything else," the…

In Georgia, the Democratic incumbent kicked off general election season by demanding to appear on stage in three debates against a Republican challenger running his first campaign.In Pennsylvania, another first-time GOP candidate badgered…

James Frayne is director of Public First and author of Meet the People, a guide to shifting public opinion. When her political staff is in place, Liz Truss will learn how the Conservatives' greatest electoral vulnerability lies with poor…

LEnny Henry has always received more than his fair share of criticism, from racists, whose opinion can be ignored, but also from liberal activist types decrying the regressive buffoonery of his early work and from comedy fans who just not…

"Late Wonders: New and Selected Poems" by Wesley McNair; Godine, Boston, 2022; 294 pages, hardcover, $29.95. In the 1970s and 1980s, a particular interest in the lives and conditions of disadvantaged people took shape among American…

OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other opinion content provide viewpoints on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. Few men accomplish so much that they leave this world to…

Hulu recently dropped the first two episodes of Welcome to Wrexhamthe documentary following the trip of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as they regain ownership of Wrexham AFC, a team in the fifth tier of English football (barely a rung…

Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown trade places and deal with parenting drama in the pages of the upcoming Batgirls 2022 Annual. Two of the three stars of Batgirls will live for a while right out of terrible friday when!-->!-->>-->!-->>…

A meeting of members of the Committee for Public Education (CFPE) earlier this month passed a resolution opposing the persecution of Dr David Berger, a respected GP in remote areas and zero COVID advocate. The meeting brought together…

In the days following the revelation that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had secretly appointed himself to five key ministerial portfolios in 2020 and 2021, Australia's political and media establishment has desperately sought to…

The taxman hasn't come much, and Democrats aim to fix that with a key piece of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans warn this is really an assault on working-class Americans, whom Democrats plan to tax into…

Soaring inflation, poor working conditions and deepening poverty are driving Turkish workers to struggle amid a growing wave of international strikes.On August 5, workers at two factories of auto parts maker Standart Profil in Düzce and…

Hundreds of contractors at the Ineos Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scotland staged a wildcat strike over wages on Wednesday, blocking access to the refinery for three hours after walking out at 7am. Workers employed by several…

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) and CHCI President, Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán, proudly announce the winners of the 2022 Medallion Award, Music Legend Celia Cruz…

Reprinted from Breaking the Chains. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June was not only unpopular in the United States, with more than 72% opposed to the decision, but also went against the overwhelming global trend…

Democratic voters in Arizona overwhelmingly chose Katie Hobbs, Arizona's election official, as their gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday.Hobbs has worked in politics for more than a decade and came to prominence defending Joe Biden's 2020…

Comment this storyCommentThe race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of Britain's Conservative Party and as Prime Minister has centered on the tax cut plans of the two contenders, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and the former Chancellor of…

Rishi Sunak represents the Richmond constituency in YorkshireLondon: Prior to his spectacular falling out with Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak was on a rapid rise that could yet culminate in his installation as Britain's first…

The WSWS supported Will Lehman's campaign for UAW President. For more information, visit WillforUAWpresident.org.On Wednesday, Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks employee of Macungie, Pennsylvania, had been named to the United Auto Workers…

The U.S. Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Setting Committee begins a two-day meeting today in which it is expected to announce a further 0.75 percentage point (75 basis points) hike in interest rates. interest despite growing fears that…

I went online last week to get a car insurance quote from Mercury Insurance. I went through the process twice, once indicating my engineering profession. All other information was the same - my age, address, driving record, make…

Nurses at two hospitals in western Sydney staged protests at the end of their shifts on Monday morning, protesting chronic understaffing and overcrowding amid a growing rise in COVID-19 infections.Nurses demonstrate in Westmead, western…

Of the. Dan Cox, seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Maryland, gives two thumbs up as he walks into the Emmitsburg Ambulance Co. for his primary night on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Ric Dugan/The…

I just read this NYT column by Bryan Stryker, about how Democrats can win back the working class. I have no idea what impact his proposals will have, but from an economic point of view they will do little to help the working class.The big…

IIt's not every day that a politician's gaffe perfectly encapsulates his party's growing separation from a community that has been a vital part of his electoral coalition. But Dr. Jill Biden made just such a misstep on Tuesday when she…

Two months after he disappeared from work, the Spartanburg County Coroner determined that Duncan (Alex) Burrell Gordon died when he fell into the plastic shredder he was working on.The 20-year-old went missing in the middle of his overnight…

Edward LouisOne woman's struggles and transformations (Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York, 2022) One woman's struggles and transformations, the new…

Massive popular protests in Colombo on Saturday, attended by around a million workers, youth and the rural poor, forced President Gotabhaya Rajapakse to announce he would step down next Wednesday. Having initially refused to do so, Prime…

In 2009, James Caan, one of the main movie stars of the 1970s, told Vanity Fair that he had twice been honored as "Italian of the Year" in New York. Kicker: He's not Italian. Caan, who died Wednesday at 82, according to a post from his…

AMAC Exclusive – By Barry Casselman Five years ago, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, I wrote that a shift in national political identity had begun, and thereafter I…

In 1845 Karl Marx said: “Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; it is about changing it”. Change it, he did. Political movements representing masses of new industrial workers, many of whom drew on his…

"Brown" evokes several things at once. Brown representation. The magic of the brunette girl. Badass betis. Apu of The simpsons. Outrage over Apu's The simpsons. Subtle hints of curry. Instagram story pages with black and white photos…

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman wants to elect more Democrats to Congress this fall, but first he has to defeat some Democrats this summer.The billionaire is spending millions on campaigns against what his advisers see as radical far-left…

On Saturday, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union held a strike rally outside King's Cross station in London, attended by around 1,000 people. RMT Deputy General Secretary Eddie Dempsey, Communications Workers Union General…

The Sri Lankan government, with the active support of trade unions, has begun to unleash a new round of International Monetary Fund (IMF)-dictated attacks on jobs and social conditions.On Monday, an IMF team traveled to Colombo to begin 10…

There were a total of 768 violent attacks against mosques and Muslims in Germany between January 2014 and June 2021. In particular, the years 2020 and 2021 stand out, with more than 140 attacks, although the unreported number of these…

Juneteenth evokes for me a swirling haze of emotions. On the one hand, it's a celebration of freedom, and on the other, it is the commemoration of a lie.Juneteenth is named after June 19, 1865, the day some 2,000 Union soldiers marched…

Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Mick Lynch called for direct talks with the Tory government on June 15, in a letter of entreaty to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps . Had Shapps agreed, there is no doubt the…

Breathing new life into an award-winning classic tale can be tricky. But famed local playwright Kirsten Greenidge's approach to revisiting real families and the turbulent tone of Boston in the 1960s and 1970s detailed in J. Anthony Lukas'…

Hollywood's inclination to romanticize the art of writing is a familiar story. by Woody Allen Midnight in Paris is an example of a script that moves in and out of Parisian “café culture”, as screenwriter Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) collects…

Arriva Yorkshire bus workers went on an indefinite strike on Monday at five garages in North and West Yorkshire: Selby, Heckmondwicke, Wakefield, Castleford and Dewsbury.Strikers on the picket line at Arriva's Heckmondwicke depot in…

A reporting team from World Socialist Website spoke to workers donating, volunteering and using the Spiers Food Bank in Arbourthorne, Sheffield, about the cost of living crisis. Arbourthorne is a working-class neighborhood in a town…

TAMPA, Fla. — Working-class Americans died of COVID-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions in the first year of the pandemic, a study has found.The staggering disparity was revealed in a study of around…

Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths are rising rapidly in the United States, belying official optimism and complacent claims that the pandemic is over. The number of cases has more than quadrupled since the low point in…

Over 30 years ago, I interned at a small publication.I don't know if the experience did me much good, but it didn't hurt me at all. I had to write some reports. The guy in charge showed me how he edits them. I was able to use the…

Following the adoption of new district maps to take into account population changes reflected in the most recent census data, four candidates are campaigning for the open seat representing the redesigned Assembly District 20, which now…

Property owners will need more cash if the city's Environmental Protection Department's biggest water…

The last time I saw Bernie Sanders in person, he was basking in one of the greatest triumphs of his political career.It was Feb. 22, 2020. The Vermont senator, the spiritual godfather of that country's democratic socialist movement, had…

One rainy spring morning, an old cherry tree was beginning to bloom in a small park along Cherry Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Several protesters surrounded the tree to protect it from New York workers who were about to cut it…

By Connie Lee, May 17, 2022 In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States adopted the decision to guarantee the protection of women who choose to have an abortion without any consequences. A draft majority opinion of the…

the ubiquitous STEM against the humanities and the liberal arts debate makes for a less than memorable college experience for many. Although both STEM and non-STEM disciplines will prove essential in the workforce, STEM receives…

ON THE PICTURE : Steve Bennett speaks with voters on Ventura Pier. Photo submitted by Alex Wilson Ventura County's state assembly districts saw significant boundary changes during the recently completed redistricting process.…

Amir Khafagy joined Documented as a member of the Report For America body. For the next year, it will cover work as it relates to New York's immigrant communities.!-->…

DEnnis Waterman, who died at the age of 74, was an actor whose gritty charm and gritty tones were particularly effective as criminals or crime fighters who walked a fine line between danger and humor and could pass side to side at…

My parents were old school. They believed that politics and religion…

Attention "Owner": If you're reading this, I escaped. I thought we were equal. You would drag me out of my house and caress me, and I would not gnaw you; a fair and equitable arrangement. But then you stupidly left a book open,…

Republicans attack Democrats and President Biden on the issue of student debt cancellation, linking the effort to inflation and calling it a transfer of wealth to the elites. It's "absurd fiscal policy that will make inflation worse"…

Vowing to defend the hard-won rights of the working class, laborers and laborers held rallies on Sunday in industrial areas of the former undivided Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad and elsewhere in the state, marking May…

The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday passed an anti-abortion bill that bans the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, and allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against abortion…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Dozens of maintenance requests are being filed at the Southwood Apartments rental office as residents say things need to change. A protest was held at the South Richmond complex asking the owner to make a plan to…

IIt would be easy to dismiss this revival of Emlyn Williams' semi-autobiographical drama as an example of post-lockdown "comfort theatre." First presented in the West End in 1938, this tale of a talented Welsh miner's son and his inspiring…

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79, based in Toronto, Ontario, has been plunged into crisis after local president David Mitchell was forced to resign by the national office of the CUPE. Mitchell reportedly accepted cash…

Feminism is often misinterpreted as a hatred of men when in reality, it is only defending equal rights for all. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash) When I ask people if they are feminists, I am baffled by how many people say no. It's not…

How does a printing company find and keep great employees? Meet them where they are — who are currently feeling burnt out, financially unstable, and overwhelmed — and offer solutions that make choosing your company the best decision for…

Michael Meyer is the author of Benjamin Franklin's Last Gamble: The Dividing Death of the Favorite Founder, the Lasting Afterlife, and the Blueprint for American Prosperity. (HarperCollins, April 12). He lives in Taipei. @meyerwriter…

The Party for Socialism and Liberation of Chicago was honored to work with the Alvarez family to seek justice for Anthony Alvarez. He was killed by Chicago Police Officer Evan Solano on March 31, 2021. On the last day of this year's…

The announced acquisition of Harborplace by Baltimore developer P. David Bramble and MCB Real Estate might be the best news heard in downtown Baltimore in years (a concert performed in June by a certain former member of the Beatles…

Imagine that you are descending from a paved road onto a strip of greenery, looking for a shortcut. Over many years, many others do the same. By trampling the undergrowth, a new path is created - together, unconsciously, you have…

Tens of thousands of doctors drew attention to their precarious situation on Thursday with a nationwide warning strike. About 4,000 people took part in the central rally on Frankfurt's Römerberg. Nearly 500 municipal hospitals across…

Stock prices crashed and the biggest fanatics moved from r/WallStreetBets to a new subreddit, r/Superstonk, and started posting multi-thousand word essays they called "dds", short for "due diligence", to explain what had happened.…

Working Solutions NYC is a team of employment law attorneys working in New York and New Jersey. The working class is struggling the most when it comes to unpaid wages and overtime.—Chris Q. DavisNEW…

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Phil Lord, Oscar winner for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," produced the nominee for this year's animated feature "The Mitchells vs. the Machines," released by Netflix.(Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) Since the 2009…

Last Friday, the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) stripped Russian state news channel RT of its broadcasting license. Ofcom ruled that RT was not "fit and proper" to broadcast in the UK and that failure to revoke its license risked…

As we gallop towards $6 gas, I know, I know, it's not Joe Biden's fault – it's important to point out the utter stupidity and stupidity of our energy policies. The country demands that we stop importing Russian oil even…

Top-to-bottom GOP groups and campaigns produced 93 separate TV ads mentioning inflation, spending $13 million on more than 30,000 airings from the start of 2021 through Thursday. By comparison, their Democratic counterparts produced just…

A worker in protective gear takes a swab from a resident at a residential compound under lockdown, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China March 14, 2022. Photo taken on March 14, 2022.…

25 years ago: Labor protests sweep across Europe German coal miners demonstrating, 1997On March 16, 1997, more than 100,000 workers from Belgium and across Europe descended on the capital Brussels to protest against mass layoffs and the…

NEW DELHI: The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), the state-run pension fund manager and popular savings scheme for millions of middle-class salaried Indians, decided on Saturday a 8.1% interest on provident fund deposits for…

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