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NBC News dismissed a senior vice president for booking on Tuesday after multiple women accused him of misconduct.
A storm-proof window was "shot completely out" at the headquarters of LGBTQ group Freedom Oklahoma. The organization's leader suspects the attack was targeted.
A storm-proof window was "shot completely out" at the headquarters of LGBTQ group Freedom Oklahoma. The organization's leader suspects the attack was targeted.
UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley, who were detained in China during a shoplifting investigation, are on a flight back to Los Angeles.
The FDA approved a new pill that tells whether patients took their Abilify pills, but some people are calling it a "biological big brother".
Rufus Gifford is the seventh Democrat — and second openly gay man — to toss his hat in the ring to represent Massachusetts' Third Congressional District.
Rufus Gifford is the seventh Democrat — and second openly gay man — to toss his hat in the ring to represent Massachusetts' Third Congressional District.
Three UCLA men's basketball players who were arrested on suspicion of shoplifting while on a tour of China are on a flight back to Los Angeles.
A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Reform NAFTA
The next NAFTA negotiation round officially begins Nov. 17, and the news isn't all bad. It may sound crazy, but the same administration that put a Goldman Sachs and OneWest operative in charge of the Treasury Department and an anti-public school advocate in charge of the Department of Education recently made a NAFTA proposal that would nearly eliminate the private corporate justice system known as ISDS (investor-to-state dispute settlement).
This proposal alone is not enough to fix NAFTA's many shortcomings, but it is a step in the right direction. As trade activists know, ISDS is nothing more than a crony capitalist giveaway that reduces our power as citizens to impact our government. It gives foreign companies the right to use private tribunals to attack local, state and national decisions they deem not "fair and equitable." This private justice system has been used to attack worker training programs, local building permit decisions and even criminal indictments of corporate CEOs.
For the United States, NAFTA’s ISDS means our democratic choices are threatened and foreign companies have as...
2017 Election Update: New Jersey Labor Candidate Victories Rise to 964
New Jersey AFL-CIO
Labor won big this year, and the news just got better. After a tight race for Florence Township Council, our brother from LIUNA Local 172, Frank Baldorossi Jr., prevailed. The final vote tally was 645–624, a difference of only 21 votes. We also congratulate IBEW Local 351 Brother Steve Light, who was elected to serve as a member of the Absecon City Council, and our brother from IBEW Local 3, Michael Soriano, who secured a major victory in his race for Parsippany mayor.
We are also looking forward to adding another victory for IUOE Local 68 Sister Dahlia Vertreese, who secured enough votes to trigger a runoff election on Dec. 5, 2017 to determine who will be mayor of Hillside. With the continued unified support of our central labor councils and building trades councils, this is exactly what we will do.
These results bring the all-time total number of labor candidate victories to 964. There is no question that the support and solidarity of union members across the state made the difference in these races. Through the Labor 2017...
