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Aaron Dixon, a former Black Panther Party captain, on why the struggle for justice in Palestine is inseparable from the movement for racial justice in the United States.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman put Tim Scott s dumb speech to shame with a progressive response to Biden s address to Congress Wednesday night.
And Bowman laid the blame for the failures in pandemic response and resulting economic crisis firmly at the feet of the former guy.
His full remarks below were as specific and detailed as Joe Biden s earlier. It s clear there is an organized effort to continue to push the surprisingly progressive Biden administration to do even more for the working class. That s great news.
Text of the speech as prepared for delivery, via Working Families Party:
Good evening.
I’m Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress representing New York’s 16th District. It is my honor to speak on behalf of the Working Families Party this evening. The Working Families Party is the party of unions and working people across the country. And tonight, I’m delivering our response to President Biden’s address to Congress.
Tents are shown near a barricade set up around the perimeter of an encampment where unhoused community members reside on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, ahead of a scheduled sweep by the Seattle Police Department at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
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Seattle city officials move to clear a homeless encampment in Miller Park neighborhood. Students are back in the classroom, but debate remains around measuring learning loss. And our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
With students expected to return to Meany Middle School in Seattleâs Miller Park neighborhood next week, the city of Seattle gave notice to those living in a nearby homeless encampment they would need to relocate their belongings by the end of the week. Bill Radke discusses this news with KUOW reporter Casey Martin who has been reporting on encampment sweeps during the pandemic. By the end o
The Johnson & Johnson Pause Slows College Vaccinations
Schools are looking for alternatives to the one-shot vaccine before the end of the semester.
April 14, 2021, 12:57 p.m. ET
Vaccinations interrupted
As summer break looms, colleges are racing to inoculate students before they leave campus. Many schools and states had banked on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine the only one-shot Covid-19 inoculation approved for use in the U.S. to achieve that goal.
But on Tuesday, all 50 states, as well as CVS and Walgreens, halted use of the vaccine after six women between 18 and 48 developed blood clots within about two weeks after their shots. One died, and another is in critical condition.