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Pointing to a New York City nanny who is undocumented and has spent years raising, nurturing and keeping other people’s children safe and attended today’s Senate immigration reform hearing, Ai-Jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), told lawmakers:If immigration reform doesn’t help Pat and domestic workers and undocumented moms throughout our country, then we can’t really call it reform…It’s time we make our immigration policy work for domestic workers.
Who is behind the largest art heist in world history?
A desperate search is underway to find beloved New Orleans teacher – Terrilynn Monette – who vanished nearly three weeks ago. Terrilynn’s sister, Kandice Enclade and their mother Toni, join NewsNation to discuss the disappearance. (NewsNation)
Makeshift explosives were discovered in a dorm room where a student apparently shot himself to death Monday, prompting officials to close the University of Central Florida in Orlando for several hours.
A former student found dead in a University of Central Florida dorm room along with makeshift explosives and weapons was planning an attack on the Orlando campus, the university police chief said on Monday.
The son of New York City's fire commissioner, who is a city emergency medical technician, said Monday he regrets a series of "offensive" tweets but insists he treats every patient with "great care and respect."
The son of New York City's fire commissioner quit his job as a city emergency medical technician Monday after a report that he made offensive posts about blacks, Jews and women on Twitter.
Workers at Alameda County Waste Management facilities in Oakland, San Leandro and Altamont, Calif., filed charges alleging the company is illegally threatening or intimidating workers in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. More than 200 workers also initiated a work stoppage that was joined by hundreds of other workers at the facilities. The stoppage lasted five hours before workers returned to the job in order to minimize disruptions for customers.
After a conditional veto of an increase in New Jersey's minimum wage by Gov. Chris Christie (R), working families, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and a coalition of 151 organizations are pushing for a measure that would raise the state's wage to $8.25 per hour and attach a cost-of-living adjustment to the wage for the future. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D) also joined the "Raise the Wage" campaign. In November, voters will be able to decide on the ballot whether or not to increase the minimum wage.
If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gets his way, stores won't be able to publicly display tobacco products and will have to keep cigarettes under the counter or behind curtains.
