(Image: Woodleywonderworks) Public school students in Massachusetts are set to get a free breakfast and lunch after the state implemented a new…
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) has sent more than 50 members of the West Virginia National Guard to Texasās southern border to support…
New York City has agreed to a record-breaking settlement of more than $13 million in the civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have requested information from news organizations, elementary schools and abortion clinics, according to documents receivedĀ byĀ Wired. The…
On Monday night, the Georgia Senate voted to advanceĀ Senate Bill 140, which would ban health care for transgender youth, including hormone blockers…
The largest higher education strike in history is taking place at the University of California, as 48,000 academic workers stopped working on Monday to…
Incarcerated workers in Alabama allege that prison officials are using food deprivation to retaliate against their ongoing labor strike and pressure them…
A network of mutual aid groups in Puerto Rico were quick to react when the island lost power on Sept. 18 before…
Hundreds of community members and workers across four cities gathered to protestĀ Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon, and the…
āVote them out. Vote them out,ā activistsĀ chantedĀ outside of lawmakersā offices in West Virginiaās capital in late July, as senators considered a bill…
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