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Ninety companies are responsible for two-thirds of the harmful
Ninety companies are responsible for two-thirds of the harmful emissions generated since the industrial age began. All are oil, gas, coal or cement c...

A proposal to require retail and grocery stores to charge 10 cents
A proposal to require retail and grocery stores to charge 10 cents for paper and plastic bags is already being tested in NYC. The bulk grocery chain A...

Reed is spending much of his time these days organizing the 2nd
Reed is spending much of his time these days organizing the 2nd International Punk Rock festival in NYC. When not getting into graduate journalism sch...

No one is talking about the lack of action re min wage board for
No one is talking about the lack of action re min wage board for food tip workers. And now it seems like local power to raise min wage is on back burn...

City Watch audio. Guests are NY City Councilmember Melissa
City Watch audio. Guests are NY City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, Co-Chair of the Council’s Progressive Caucus; (10:15 AM) Queens Borough Pr...

House Republicans continue attack on food stamps. The Hunger
House Republicans continue attack on food stamps. The Hunger Action Network of New York State said today that it was a mistake for the U.S. House of R...

While thousands of fast-food workers were preparing to walk off
While thousands of fast-food workers were preparing to walk off their jobs earlier this summer to seek raises to $15 an hour, the industry’s corpora...

Join in a nationwide SNAP Call-In Day today (Sept. 17) to urge
Join in a nationwide SNAP Call-In Day today (Sept. 17) to urge House members to vote “NO” on the House Republican Leadership’s nutrition-only f...

NY Times ahead of our political leaders on minimum wage. American
NY Times ahead of our political leaders on minimum wage. American workers have achieved productivity gains that can easily support a $15-an-hour minim...