“On Monday, the platform committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted 125-36 not to include Medicare for All in the party’s platform,” writes Eric Blanc in Jacobin. “Faced with a pandemic that has revealed the catastrophic […]
The Television Academy revealed nominations Tuesday for the 72nd Emmy Awards, with Netflix dominating the field with 160 nominees led by its drama Ozark. Listed are nominees for classifications represented by the Editors Guild. […]
One of the nation’s largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures in the middle of the global pandemic. They say strikes should be considered only as a “last resort” […]
New research points to an overlooked reason Congress is often seen as out of touch with the needs of the non-wealthy: the decline of union membership. Researchers Michael Becher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse and […]
Thousands of people gathered at the Justice Center on Saturday night, but if you look out into the crowd, you’ll see that many people are wearing similar shirts as part of an organized effort. Teachers are wearing red, health care workers were wearing […]
The regime of testing will cost more than $1.5 million a month once cameras are rolling and several thousand workers are on set, said Pinewood’s chief executive, Frank Patterson, noting that is what is needed to stay in business. […]
More than 300 IATSE members, dissatisfied with what they call “a-la-carte protocols” for the safe return to work on commercials and music videos, have signed a letter urging their union leaders to adopt uniform guidelines similar to those […]
“Teachers,” writes Eric Blanc in Jacobin, “want to return to their classrooms. But any serious assessment of the relative costs of keeping schools closed must also honestly grapple with the health risks posed by opening them […]
SAG-AFTRA members have ratified their new film and TV contract, voting 74.2% to 25.8% to approve the three-year deal, with a turnout of 27.15% of the union’s 145,000 voting members. The vote, which was widely viewed as a referendum […]
Over the past weekend, the civil rights community suffered the loss of two giants in the movement—the Reverend C.T. Vivian (95) and Representative John Lewis (80). As the nation grapples with protests and demands for racial equality […]
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