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About 800,000 customers in the island are without power
About 800,000 customers in the island are without power
About 800,000 customers in the island are without power
Jesse Randall Davidson reported to police in 2016 that he led friends to kill a woman after she refused to end an affair. Police said the claim was unfounded.
The Awesomeness of 'Black Panther': Union Made
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Wow, the "Black Panther" movie was awesome, wasn't it? And while we could spend hours about how great an action movie it is or how beautiful it looks or the social implications of the themes and representation of African culture, let's take a few minutes to look behind the scenes at the work it took to bring a movie like "Black Panther" to life, work done by union members.
Let's start with the cast of superb performers such as Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya and many others. They are among the group of 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcaster journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voice-over artists and other media professionals who are members of SAG-AFTRA.
The screenplay, one of the better writing jobs ever done for a superhero movie, was written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, members of Writers Guild of America West, which represents thousands of writers who create content for television shows, movies...
'All I Could Think About Was My Friend Was Gone'
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Augusta Thomas and two of her teenage friends had their hearts set on a game of Chinese checkers. But "Little Martin" balked.
They needed four to play, explained the Louisville-born Thomas. At age 85, she’s still on the job as vice president for women and fair practices with the AFGE in Washington, D.C.
"We had to take turns putting the coal and the wood in the furnace in the cellar and it was 'Little Martin’s' time to do it," she said, grinning and eyes twinkling. "So when he went down, I locked the door."
The impasse lasted half an hour before "Little Martin" relented and agreed to play. "But let me tell you what," Thomas said, her grin broadening. "I got punished when I got home."
Her "prisoner" was 17-year-old Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas shared her story in a speech at Saturday’s Working People’s Day of Action rally in Louisville, where she was born and has lived most of her life. Though her job is in Washington, she keeps an apartment in her hometown, which is Kentucky’s largest city.
The crowd of union members, families and...
Two Democrats asked the Pentagon for documents to shed light on whether a banker was offered a Trump administration job in exchange for loans to Paul Manafort.
Two Democrats asked the Pentagon for documents to shed light on whether a banker was offered a Trump administration job in exchange for loans to Paul Manafort.
Dick's Sporting Goods ─ again ─ says it is getting out of the AR-15 business in response to a mass shooting. But it probably won't have much impact on sales.
Dick's Sporting Goods ─ again ─ says it is getting out of the AR-15 business in response to a mass shooting. But it probably won't have much impact on sales.
