Economy & Workers' Rights

417 posts

Puerto Rican veterans concerned care could be delayed due to federal layoffs

Puerto Ricans, who have served in the U.S. armed forces for more than a century, say they’re concerned they will continue to receive unequal treatment amid cuts

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4 Min
By: Mariela Santos-Muñiz

How the IRS and ICE data-sharing memo will impact immigrant communities

Immigrant rights groups warn that the new policy will further marginalize undocumented immigrants and threaten billions in tax revenue

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4 Min
By: Bianca Gonzalez

In New York City, one group is shifting the narrative on street vendors and environmental harm

Elected officials and news outlets have painted street vendors as environmentally irresponsible. The Street Vendor Project decided to flip the script and help support a workforce that is among the most vulnerable to climate change

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7 Min
By: Costa Beavin Pappas

Military expansion on Guam sucks up housing resources as Indigenous residents struggle

About 5,000 Marines are expected to move onto the unincorporated U.S. territory in the coming years, which experts and advocates say is driving up the cost of housing

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4 Min
By: Phillip V. Cruz, Jr.

May Day march in Chicago brings together anti-Trump coalition

Thousands marched in a day of action that brought together disparate groups alarmed by the Trump administration’s actions and attacks on immigrants

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5 Min
By: Noah Berlatsky

Incarcerated workers in California organize against unjust policies and degrading conditions

Dozens of men inside Centinela State Prison participated in a work slowdown last year to protest inadequate commissary access and daily strip searches tied to jobs with the California Prison Industry Authority

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8 Min
By: James Anderson

Ballot measure seeks to end discrimination based on source of rental income in Lincoln, Nebraska

Advocates behind the measure on the city’s May 6 special election ballot say it’s common for landlords to discriminate against Section 8 housing voucher users

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4 Min
By: Eddie Velazquez

Dozens of Uber and Lyft drivers banned from Nashville airport after protest caravan

A week after the Feb. 14 caravan to support a state rideshare bill, 34 drivers received messages from the companies that they were banned from airport pickups

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5 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for providing lifeline to homeless residents

The Bikini Hostel began housing homeless people in November 2024, after about 50 people were relocated from the Camillus House shelter in Miami due to a contract dispute

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles

CoMo Mobile Aid Collective provides food, access to doctors appointments and medication, and other services to locals experiencing homelessness

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11 Min
By: Hope Davis

In NYC, the fight for rent stabilization continues

Six years after the passage of landmark tenants’ rights legislation, landlords are getting creative—and tenants are getting organized

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13 Min
By: Dana Edwards

Without access to vital day habilitation programs in Massachusetts, disabled people face dangerous health declines

Due to a workforce crisis, more than 1,000 people with disabilities cannot enroll in “day habs,” leading to mental and physical regression

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8 Min
By: Michaela Quigley

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