NY Times: “Florida has long played a significant role in the American abortion landscape, with dozens of clinics providing the procedure to tens of thousands of residents a year while also taking in patients from across the Southeast. That era will end, at least for now, on Wednesday, when a ban on most abortions after…
Month: April 2024
“Inside the long-odds push to undo an abortion ban in ruby red Arkansas”
WaPo: “Tony Chism pulled up to the library in a red pickup truck with a “Don’t Tread on Me” plate on the front and a “Biden Sucks” sticker on the back. He settled into a lawn chair and held up a sign showing solidarity with abortion rights activists gathered nearby: “LET PEOPLE VOTE.” The 60-year-old conservative was…
“NC’s governor praises weekend deal that averts major strike at Daimler Truck”
NC Newsline: “Governor Roy Cooper is praising a tentative agreement between United Auto Workers and Daimler Truck. The UAW struck a four-year deal late Friday avoiding a potential strike that could have impacted more than 7,000 workers. Cooper took to social media on Saturday to call the deal a “great win for hard working NC UAW members and their…
South Reckons with Extreme Weather from Climate Change
WaPo: “These supercharged floods are one of the most pernicious impacts of an unexpected surge in sea levels across the U.S. Gulf and southeast coasts — with the ocean rising an average of 6 inches since 2010, one of the fastest such changes in the world, according to a Washington Post examination of how sea…
“Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey on UAW’s Astounding Victory in VW Tennessee & Her Fight Against Cancer”
Democracy Now!: “Democracy Now! speaks with the great labor organizer and writer Jane McAlevey about the historic victory for Volkswagen employees at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory who voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. The plant will become the first foreign-owned car factory in the South to unionize. “This win wasn’t just a win…
Baton Rouge Works to Measure Its Efforts to Combat Gun Violence
NY Times: “When Liz and Louis Robinson’s eldest son, Louis Jr., began to court trouble on the streets of Baton Rouge, La., Ms. Robinson worried that one of the bullets flying through their neighborhood — and occasionally through their windows and walls — would eventually find him. So she gave him an ultimatum. “I told…
“Tennessee House Passes Bill to Arm Teachers”
Political Wire: “Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill,” the Tennessean reports. “The bill is all but guaranteed to become law within weeks, as Gov. Bill Lee can either sign it into law or…
“Planned Parenthood to Spend $10 Million in North Carolina”
Political Wire: “A political arm of Planned Parenthood is launching a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina to elect candidates in favor of abortion rights this year as reproductive rights surge further into the 2024 spotlight,” The Hill reports.
“The right starts to reckon with its Marjorie Taylor Greene problem”
WaPo: “Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-N.C.) comments to CNN on Tuesday were particularly biting. Amid Greene’s efforts to oust McCarthy’s successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Tillis called her a “waste of time” and a “horrible leader.” “She is dragging our brand down,” Tillis said. “She — not the Democrats — are the biggest risk to us…
Victory! UAW Wins Historic Union Vote in TN
Reuters: “Workers at Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE), opens new tab Tennessee plant have voted to join the United Auto Workers, in a seismic victory for the union as it drives beyond its Detroit base into the U.S. South and West. A majority of eligible workers cast ballots in favor of the union, with the final tally on Friday at…