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U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel

U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel

The Intercept — The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel. The U.K. has enacted a series of measures designed to outlaw such activism.

Impact of Israel boycott questioned as another US church steps into controversy

Impact of Israel boycott questioned as another US church steps into controversy

CNBC — Mark Apollo | Pacific Press | LightRocket via Getty Images The financial effects of a Palestinian-led boycott against Israel are unlikely to be catastrophic, according to industry experts, whose comments come after another U.S church called for divestment from companies that "are profiting from the occupation." When the U.S.

ACT UP, HIV/AIDS, and the Fight for Healthcare

ACT UP, HIV/AIDS, and the Fight for Healthcare

mcny.org — New York City has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS activism, from the early 80s to present day. The fight for healthcare for the most vulnerable is as relevant today as it was in the early days of the crisis.

There's a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's Underway

There's a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's Underway

The Nation — For over a decade the small coalition of farmworkers and community activists have taken on the giants of Big Ag and built a new system of labor protection. Now they're taking the fight to a Goliath in red pigtails.

The Nation: "There's a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's Underway..."

The Nation: "There's a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's Underway..."

ciw-online.org — Last week, as the Midwest and Southeast "Behind the Braids" Tours were wrapping up, attention turned to the next tour on the horizon: The Northeast Tour, which will be making its way through the states of New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the week ahead.

The Travesty of Starving Our Best Public Universities

The Travesty of Starving Our Best Public Universities

The Chronicle of Higher Education — It is possible to create spaces of opportunity and rich intellectual inquiry, but we have failed to summon the necessary will.

'Jeans' contra el acoso sexual - www.magazinefa.com

'Jeans' contra el acoso sexual - www.magazinefa.com

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History Lessons For Trump: When America Feared German Immigrants

History Lessons For Trump: When America Feared German Immigrants

worldcrunch.com — Donald Trump's ancestors left Germany for the U.S. with dreams of a better life. They faced longstanding fears about the "Germanization" of America. BERLIN - By now, it has become general knowledge that Donald Trump is the product of serious Palatine-German immigrant ambitions. Camera teams from as far away as Tokyo and New York have traveled to Kallstadt, situated along the German Wine Route, to discover Granpma and Grandpa Trump's hometown. There isn't much to see, with just a boring house (only the outside of which can be filmed) and a few distant relatives of the man with the yellow hair (who make themselves scarce when spotted by the press.)

Verizon Is Seeing a Big Dip in New Customers Due to Strike

Verizon Is Seeing a Big Dip in New Customers Due to Strike

Fortune — The massive walk out of telephone, cable TV, and broadband Internet service installers at Verizon Communications has led to a significant decline in new customers this quarter, the company said on Thursday. Installations and new orders of FiOS service have "significantly dropped" CFO Fran Shammo said speaking at the MoffettNathanson investor conference in New York. As a result, Verizon might see a net loss of cable TV or broadband customers in the quarter after showing net gains in both businesses a year ago, Shammo said. About 40,000 employees who work from Massachusetts to Virginia installing and servicing traditional telephone and the newer FiOS offerings went on strike April 13.

Che cos'è il "giorno della Nakba" - Il Post

Che cos'è il "giorno della Nakba" - Il Post

ilpost.it — Una manifestazione per la Nakba a New York (© Mark Apollo/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)

'Stand Up to Hate' Campaign Helping Immigrants Apply for US Citizenship, Overcome Barriers in Nat...

'Stand Up to Hate' Campaign Helping Immigrants Apply for US Citizenship, Overcome Barriers in Nat...

latinpost.com — First Posted: May 12, 2016 04:37 PM EDT "Stand Up To Hate" campaign members recently revealed they have aided some 12,781 people with their citizenship applications during the month of March. During a recent telephone press call, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Latino Victory Foundation, Mi Familia Vota, iAmerica Action, SEIU, Unite Here! and UFCW members touched upon how they have tirelessly toiled in concert to remove barriers to naturalization. Since the start of the New Year, the coalition held 305 events in 14 different states and reached over a half-million people through PSA's, social media posts, phone calls and emails.

New York police union calls for Tarantino boycott after director appears at anti-brutality rally

New York police union calls for Tarantino boycott after director appears at anti-brutality rally

rt.com — New York City's largest police union is calling for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films after the Oscar-winning director took part in a rally protesting the deaths of unarmed suspects at the hands of police. "When I see murders, I do not stand by ... I have to call the murderers the murderers," the director told a crowd of protesters in New York's Washington Square Park on Saturday, adding that cops too often fall into that category. New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch struck back against the director, known for 'Pulp Fiction' and other violent box office hits, on Sunday.

#NeverTrump Needs Help

#NeverTrump Needs Help

The Wall Street Journal — News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Conservative intellectuals lose all perspective. (Best of the Tube this weekend: Catch us on "The Journal Editorial Report" discussing the presidential election. Fox News Channel, 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.) Commentary's Peter Wehner isn't happy about the unity dance of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan. "He's trying to build a bridge to the man, which may be admirable," Wehner writes, referring to Ryan. "I'm trying to contain a person I consider to be a virulent virus, which may be necessary."

Ohio Avoids Possible Constitutional Amendment Through Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Ohio Avoids Possible Constitutional Amendment Through Legalizing Medical Marijuana

lawyerherald.com — The Ohio House of Representatives has approved bill on Tuesday legalizing marijuana for limited, medicinal uses. The bill has been passed with 70 votes in its favor while facing opposition from 25 members. The bill will now be placed at the Ohio senate for further scrutiny. The historic voting in the conservative legislature puts Ohio closer to get acknowledged as the 25 US state to legalize limited forms of marijuana. Republican Senator Dan Ramos from D-Lorain has described the bill as 'life-altering' for the families intending to apply the drug, reports th Columbus Business First.

Campaña 'Stand Up to Hate' Ayuda a Inmigrantes a Solicitiar Ciudadanía, Superar Barreras en el ...

Campaña 'Stand Up to Hate' Ayuda a Inmigrantes a Solicitiar Ciudadanía, Superar Barreras en el ...

latinospost.com — (Foto: Mark Apollo/Pacific Press/LightRocket vía Getty Images) Miembros de la campaña "Stand Up to Hate" ["Encara el Odio"] recientemente revelaron que han ayudado a 12,781 personas con sus solicitudes de ciudadanía durante el mes de marzo. Durante un reciente comunicado de prensa por teléfono, miembros de la National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Latino Victory Foundation, Mi Familia Vota, iAmerica Action, SEIU, Unite Here! y UFCW hablaron que cómo trabajaron juntos para eliminar barreras para la naturalización. Desde que comenzó el año, la coalición llevó a cabo 305 eventos en 14 estados para medio millón de personas a través de PSAs, publicaciones en redes sociales, llamadas e emails.

Verizon Strikers Take Protests Nationwide Ahead of Company's Annual Meeting

Verizon Strikers Take Protests Nationwide Ahead of Company's Annual Meeting

Fortune — Thousands of workers striking against Verizon Communications plan to expand their protests against the company on Thursday, fanning out to 400 hundred stores and locations across the country, just as the company holds its annual shareholder meeting. The two unions involved in the walkout, now entering its fourth week, said they would they would set up picket lines outside hundreds of Verizon wireless stores across the country, for the first time not just in the Massachusetts-to-Virginia northeast region where the strike is occurring. That will bring more direct news-and noise-of the strike to consumers from Chicago to San Francisco and Dallas, for example.

Lincoln Center Aims to Attract New Audiences With Technology

Lincoln Center Aims to Attract New Audiences With Technology

The Wall Street Journal — Long a physical destination for culture, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is rolling out a new digital initiative intended as a virtual portal for visitors to the 16-acre complex. The goal is to lure new audiences, including digitally oriented millennials, while reducing the confusion that engulfs some visitors to the sprawling arts campus. Among the changes, set to be announced on Friday: a revamped website with performance videos and a searchable calendar that provides real-time information on ticket prices and availability for events at Lincoln Center venues. A new mobile app guides visitors on an audiovisual tour of the complex.

Lincoln Center Aims to Attract New Audiences with Technology | Nysculturaled

Lincoln Center Aims to Attract New Audiences with Technology | Nysculturaled

nysculturaled.org — The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts has long been a destination for the arts and culture.. However, times are changing and Center is making changes for the 21st century. The Center is launching a new digital initiative that will act as a virtual portal to the 16-acre mega complex. Through this new portal, visitors will be able to easily access interactive maps and more in order to fully explore the campus. The goal is to attract new audiences such as millennials to the Center.

The story of the great Brooklyn voter purge keeps getting weirder and weirder

The story of the great Brooklyn voter purge keeps getting weirder and weirder

Mother Jones — The first head has rolled after more than 100,000 voters were mistakenly purged from the Brooklyn voter rolls ahead of this week's New York primary, which handed Hillary Clinton a much-needed win over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Diane Haslett-Rudiano, the chief clerk of the New York Board of Elections, was suspended "without pay, effective immediately, pending an internal investigation into the administration of the voter rolls in the Borough of Brooklyn," the agency said in a statement, according to the . Anonymous city elections officials said Haslett-Rudiano, who was in charge of the city's Republican voter rolls, had been "scapegoated," according to the New York Post.

Who's Afraid of Free Trade? - To the Point - KCRW

Who's Afraid of Free Trade? - To the Point - KCRW

KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA) — Trade agreements may be essential in the global economy, but they're a source of anxiety - even among those who seem to be "winners." The West Coast is one of the unexpected places where they're widespread anxiety.

At the Anti-Trump Protest "Love Trumps Hate" in NYC

At the Anti-Trump Protest "Love Trumps Hate" in NYC

democracychronicles.com — Today outside the Good Morning America Studios in Time Square, a counter/anti-Trump protest was held in response to votes from Tuesday's presidential primaries which were focused on Donald Trump. The protest organized by " MoveOn.org " and wanted to send a clear message that we will continue to stand up to Donald Trump's hate and racism. We're standing up for our dignity, for love, and against racism and violence. We want to motivate millions of Americans to stand up to hate by showing them there are others out there doing just that, as many people are wondering what they can do to stop Trump's hate and violence.

Becoming a Citizen to Vote Against Trump

Becoming a Citizen to Vote Against Trump

WNYC-FM (New York, NY) — The New York Times recently reported that Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric is motivating legal residents to become citizens before November, just so they can cast a vote against him. Many Mexican immigrants want to naturalize before the election to vote against Donald Trump https://t.co/6mvFGlaus5 - NYT National News (@NYTNational) March 7, 2016 Listeners called in to talk about where they're from, how far along in the naturalization process they are, and who they're planning to vote for in November. You can keep the conversation going anytime on Twitter @BrianLehrer.

A disturbing trend of anti-Semitism at CUNY

A disturbing trend of anti-Semitism at CUNY

qchron.com — As a graduate of Queens College, I am an heir to a proud tradition. Since 1847, the City University of New York has enabled thousands of students from low-income and middle-class families the opportunity to obtain a quality higher education that was not available anywhere else. For struggling Jewish immigrants who came to New York to escape from pogroms and the Holocaust, CUNY was their ladder to success. It was CUNY that opened the doors of opportunity for people like Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who discovered the polio vaccine, Ed Koch, one of New York City's greatest mayors, and such pop culture stars as Paul Simon and Jerry Seinfeld.That made it all the more disturbing to read newspaper accounts of several incidents on various CUNY campuses.

B&H discriminated against Hispanic workers, Labor Department lawsuit says

B&H discriminated against Hispanic workers, Labor Department lawsuit says

WGN-TV (Chicago, IL) — One of the world's most famous photography stores is facing accusations that it discriminated against women and minorities and relegated Hispanic warehouse workers to separate restrooms. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor last week alleges that B&H Foto & Electronics Corp "systematically discriminated against Hispanic employees and female, black and Asian job seekers at its Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse." The store, which takes up an entire block in New York and has been a Mecca for AV enthusiasts for decades, said accusations in the lawsuit are "far from factual" and slammed what it called "scurrilous narratives."
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