Walmart Critics In New York City, L.A. See Opportunity In Alleged Mexico Bribery Scandal
Leave your thoughtsA scandal surrounding Walmart over alleged bribery in Mexico is turning into fresh meat for its opponents in the United…
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New York Dream Act Proponents Increase Pressure On Governor Cuomo To Provide Budget Support
Leave your thoughtsProponents of the New York State Dream Act have until April 1 to convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include the…
Car Wash Workers In New York Begin Drive To Improve Working Conditions
Leave your thoughtsQUEENS, N.Y. — On Tuesday morning, a group of roughly 100 workers, local labor leaders and community organizers gathered in…
Citizens United: Bad for Small Business and Bad for Democracy
Leave your thoughtsFreddy Castiblanco, owner of Terraza 7 Live Music in Elmhurst, NY and member of the steering committee of the Main…
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Law To Stem Deportations From Rikers Island
Leave your thoughtsLuis, an immigrant from Mexico, was still in high school when New York City Police officers arrested him. Luis was…
A Progressive Caucus for the
Leave your thoughtsProfessor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, had a great op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times,…
Shoulder to Shoulder, Ending the Violence
Leave your thoughts2010 brought what was reported as a "spike" in bias incidents against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) and…
Albany: Last Chance to Stop the Wage Thieves
Leave your thoughtsIt’s difficult to imagine anything more basic to a free economy than the right of an employee to be paid…
Grassroots Efforts for Immigration Reform: Voices from Michigan, New York, and Colorado
Leave your thoughtsOver the past several years, grassroots groups across the country have held mass marches, lobbied government officials and used civil…
Albany’s New Wage Theft Bill Could Halt the Hidden Crime Wave
Leave your thoughtsNearly a billion dollars were stolen in New York City last year, and the thieves aren’t even worried about getting…