Thrilled that ProPublica has hired Ronnie Greene to be our DC bureau chief. We will soon be hiring reporters. Keep an eye out and apply! propublica.org/atpropublica/p…

And the August Sidney Award goes to... hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…

The conventional wisdom was that illegal evictions would subside after the pandemic-era eviction moratorium expired, but this month's Sidney winner discovered that the opposite was true: hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…

Lockouts are devastating. Tenants can become homeless without so much as a change of clothes or their medication. hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…

NEWS: 1k+ Cornell University workers with the UAW are now on strike. The union says the university has failed to bargain in good faith, and has not offered fair pay.

In case Long Island Compromise had you wondering, in real life the Yale maintenance and food service workers unionized first, then eventually helped organize the clerical and technical workers, and then both groups eventually helped organize the grad students

NEW: Jeff Tischauser and Southern Poverty Law Center identified an 82nd Airborne soldier as being the person behind a white supremacist account that threatened me and others during the Gabrielle Hanson saga in Franklin, TN splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024…

Exclusive 🚨 A Westchester contractor stole thousands of dollars from workers Yet he continues to operate because NY state law doesn't stop unscrupulous employers from continuing to operate a business My latest for Documented Report for America documentedny.com/2024/08/16/wag…

Great work by student journalists: alligator.org/article/2024/0…

haters said it couldn't be done.......... but ANOTHER Starbucks in Pittsburgh just won their union!!!!!!! Congratulations to workers at the Murray Ave store, who voted 10-2 in favor of a union today!!!

Breaking: NLRB prosecutors deem Amazon "joint employer" of subcontracted drivers, rejecting company's claim that workers in its sprawling delivery network aren't its employees. Labor board officials say Amazn illegally refused to negotiate with Teamsters bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Sidney's Picks: Milita drama, NLRB and the Employee Free Choice Act, and more! hillmanfoundation.org/clearitwithsid…

Following strike, UAW has reached tentative contract deal with Cornell including “record wage increases of up to 25.4%, a cost of living adjustment, and the elimination of the two-tier wage system,” union says

New Gallup Poll Shows That Americans’ Approval Of Labor Unions Remains At Its Highest Level Since the 1960s huffpost.com/entry/american… Dave Jamieson

SCOOP: Trump Media wanted a special visa for a foreign exec. It was delayed. So they reached out to a Republican Congressman--& he helped the company jump the line. A staffer thought it was inappropriate. Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski propublica.org/article/trump-…

Happy Labor Day! Enjoy Sidney's Picks: hillmanfoundation.org/clearitwithsid…

Many experts—business school deans, historians & others—are issuing stern warnings to the many billionaires and tech execs who are backing Trump. These experts warn that this support could backfire badly for business & dangerously jeopardize our democracy theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Mysterious influence network pushed sexual smears of Kamala Harris: semafor.com/article/09/08/…

A few things about this: it’s a straightforward news headline; doesn’t editorialize. It accurately characterizes what he did. And yes, it’s news.