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For the second time in less than three months, the Department of Justice has submitted an amicus brief that puts it at odds with supporters of LGBTQ rights.
Irma, now a tropical storm, is wreaking havoc in North Florida ─ including Jacksonville, where downtown floodwaters are higher than the 1864 record.
RN Response Network to Deploy Additional Nurse Volunteers to Houston Post-Hurricane Harvey
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National Nurses United’s (NNU’s) Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer nurses, will deploy its second delegation of RN volunteers to Houston, beginning Monday, Sept. 11, to provide medical assistance in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, NNU announced today.
"What we know from RNRN’s work in previous disaster-stricken areas, including Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as post-earthquake Haiti and super typhoon Haiyan, is that after an initial surge of volunteers, many people have to return to work. That is true in this case, as well as some volunteers being pulled to Florida, to address the impending Hurricane Irma," said RNRN Director Bonnie Castillo.
"Yet, the disaster didn’t end for Texans still in the recovery process. So our next round of volunteer nurses will be deploying to help continue ensuring enough medical aid exists on the ground for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey."
The current team of RNRN volunteer nurses will be providing medical assistance at Houston’s NRG...
Florida's largest utility reported that Hurricane Irma had knocked out power nearly three-quarters of its customers.
At least 1,000 family members, survivors, rescuers and officials gathered as the ceremony at Ground Zero began with a moment of silence and tolling bells.
At least 1,000 family members, survivors, rescuers and officials gathered as the ceremony at Ground Zero began with a moment of silence and tolling bells.
Hurricane Irma made landfall as a category 4 storm on Sunday. As the storm moved inland, it wreaked havoc, leaving millions without power.
Freelancing Ain't Free
When is the moment in time for a freelance writer that a late payment becomes wage theft, and what do you do about it?
For A.J. Springer, who recently moved to the District of Columbia, the line was April 27, 2017, when he went public in a Chicago Tribune news story about the $1,755 owed him at the time for pieces he wrote for the magazines Ebony and Jet.
It’s hard to step forward as a freelance writer, and publicly demand payment. "A lot of people were uneasy or afraid to speak out. There are no protections for freelancers, and a lot of people are afraid of losing future work," Springer said.
The Establishment first broke the nonpayment story, which spurred Larry Goldbetter, president of the National Writers Union (NWU)/UAW Local 1981, to start emailing and calling writers to say his union could help.
The NWU has a long history of fighting for freelance writers, filing suit against media companies in the 1990s to win back pay for those whose works had been sold and resold to databases. (Some writers actually received checks in the mail, out of the blue. As a freelance writer at the time in...
Three cranes collapsed in South Florida on Sunday as Hurricane Irma lashed the region with 120mph winds and heavy rain.
At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, authorities in North Texas said.
