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Sex Work Is Work: An Interview with Ocean State Advocacy
Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have been on strike for over six months protesting unsafe working conditions and unfair termination, among other concerns. This August, they filed a petition for union recognition with the National Labor Relations Board. Last week, their request was approved, giving them the go-ahead to vote on whether to affiliate with the Actors Equity Association.
Why Access to Education Is Key to Dismantling Mass Incarceration
This article is part of Community Strategies for Systemic Change, an ongoing series co-produced by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and NPQ. In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change.
Letters: A pandemic underlines the need to get out of jails those who needn't be there
With the highest incarceration rate in the nation, Louisiana’s crowded prisons and what to do with them has been a topic of much debate for decades. Now, as New Orleans faces high COVID-19 infection rates in the world, a widespread outbreak in its overpopulated jails is a recipe for disaster. Refusing to take action will lead to preventable deaths and put already vulnerable communities at greater risk.
Crowdfunding for Science
November 2013; ASBMB Today It’s more than likely that the readers of the NPQ Newswire may not be all that heavily involved in scientific research, but for those who are, the impact of federal budget cuts on agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies supporting scientific research have been devastating.
Medical Students Offered Course Credit for Editing Wikipedia
September 29, 2013; New York Times Sign up for our free newsletters Subscribe to NPQ's newsletters to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from NPQ and our partners. The University of California, San Francisco has announced that the college will be giving medical students course credit in exchange for editing health-related Wikipedia pages.
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