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A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that two Missouri paycheck deception bills are not necessary to protect workers and they would limit the free speech and political spending of unions and organized workers, while allowing unlimited corporate spending on political causes.
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told investigators that he and his brother were headed for New York to party after the attack, the New York police commissioner said Wednesday.A man authorities say was carjacked by the brothers has told investigators that he heard one of them say “Manhattan,” Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters. But he said investigators don’t believe th...
By Bill Dedman and Matthew DeLucaNBC NewsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Two young men about the same age apparently crossed paths last Thursday night in the Kendall Square area, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One was an MIT police officer known for his extraordinary ease at building relationships with foreign students. The other was an immigrant from the Caucasus.Perhaps if they'd...
By Bill Dedman and Matthew DeLucaNBC NewsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Two young men about the same age apparently crossed paths last Thursday night in the Kendall Square area, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One was an MIT police officer known for his extraordinary ease at building relationships with foreign students. The other was an immigrant from the Caucasus.Perhaps if they'd...
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and The Nation are asking people to take action against the deportation of aspiring citizens.
By Bill Dedman and Matthew DeLucaNBC NewsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Two young men about the same age apparently crossed paths last Thursday night in the Kendall Square area, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One was an MIT police officer known for his extraordinary ease at building relationships with foreign students. The other was an immigrant from the Caucasus.Perhaps if they'd...
In his latest piece at Salon, Josh Eidelson talks about a planned walkout by fast-food workers in Chicago. The walkout began, the Chicago Tribune reports, at 5:30 a.m. local time with workers from some McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts stores walking off the job. The ultimate goal of the walkout is to support the Fight for $15 campaign, whose goal is to secure a wage of $15 per hour for workers. Also expected to join the walkout were workers from Subway, Macy's, Sears and Victoria's Secret.
