Draconian labor policies, “cost-cutting” measures, and mass layoffs are decimating US railroad workers for the sake of corporate profits. And the effects are reverberating throughout the supply chain. BY MEL BUER JULY 7, 2022 (therealnews.com) Railroad workers inspect tracks as they repair a section of Union Pacific train tracks after a… Continue reading
By Adam Shanks | Examiner staff writer Dec 31, 2022 Updated 8 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com) Ending unsheltered homelessness in San Francisco would cost The City $1.45 billion over the next three years, according to a new report released Friday afternoon. The report, authored by The City’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing,… Continue reading
by EDITOR December 7, 2022 (Scheerpost.com) 46 Commentson Ellen Brown: What Does the Fed’s Jerome Powell Have Up His Sleeve? The Real Goal of Fed Policy: Breaking Inflation, the Middle Class or the Bubble Economy? By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost “There is no sense that inflation is coming down,” said… Continue reading
Canceled Southwest Airlines flights show on a monitor at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles, California on December 27, 2022. (Photo: Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) “This is a company that got a $7 billion taxpayer bailout and will be handing out $428 million in dividends… Continue reading
By Allyson Aleksey | Examiner staff writer | Dec 28, 2022 Updated Dec 29, 2022 (SFExaminer.com) Student employees and researchers ratified new contracts with University of California on Friday, ending a six-week strike. But the result will still keep academic workers in Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles below the poverty line…. Continue reading
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jamie Raskin Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Maryland‘s 8th district Incumbent Assumed officeJanuary 3, 2017 Preceded by Chris Van Hollen Member of the Maryland Senatefrom the 20th district In officeJanuary 10, 2007 – November 10, 2016 Preceded by Ida G. Ruben Succeeded by Will Smith Personal details Born Jamin Ben RaskinDecember… Continue reading
Status Coup • Streamed live 5 hours ago Today we debate a 3rd party exit vs taking over the Democratic Party. Jordan Chariton (@JordanChariton on Twitter) and Zeynab Day (@ZeynabDay on Twitter) joins Tina-Desiree Berg and Ron Placone to discuss this, and do a recap of Status Coup’s ON-THE-GROUND Reporting
John King Dec. 28, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Comments Marc Benioff is the rare tech mogul who appreciates hometown pride and physical space. The CEO and co-founder of Salesforce has donated $110 million to public schools in San Francisco and Oakland through the giant firm’s foundation. He led a successful 2018 ballot drive to… Continue reading
PublishedMonday 8:17AM (theonion.com) Alerts FISHERS, IN—An encouraging scene reportedly unfolded at a local Kroger supermarket Monday morning when a local woman’s existential horror at the wealthy elite selling off humanity’s future was successfully sublimated into yelling at a cashier. Sources confirmed that Teresa Baker showed an astounding capacity for diverting… Continue reading
