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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 2 days ago • 828 comments

Team Canada.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law. Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.

submitted 17 days ago • 190 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

submitted 18 days ago • 932 comments

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

submitted 18 days ago • 212 comments

Oh Canada! 🇨🇦

submitted 20 days ago • 464 comments

as anti-migrant racism continues to grow and far-right parties spout enact anti-migrant policies, over 200,000 ppl showed up in berlin protest! no room for AfD. or any party's rightwards lurch on immigration, or germany's repression against Palestinian organizing. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

submitted 22 days ago • 503 comments

Fuck Target, for real.

submitted 27 days ago • 123 comments

Costco responded to shareholders requesting that it withdraw from DEI policies. The response was direct and to the point: Costco says, "Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect & inclusion is appropriate & necessary." ❤️COSTCO♥️

submitted 58 days ago • 1102 comments

They promised to lower grocery prices but instead want to start war with Canada.

submitted 59 days ago • 519 comments

A Senate probe found Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer. It's twice as high as other warehouse jobs. But sure. Tell me Amazon warehouse workers don't need a union. #UnionsForAll

submitted 66 days ago • 300 comments

We've all been there. You go to buy a $30 concert ticket and when you get to the cart it magically ends up being $50. Not anymore. The FTC announced a rule to ban junk fees for hotel bookings and event tickets so people know the full cost upfront. This is a HUGE win!

submitted 67 days ago • 6 comments

Thanks for the column about Mark Eitzel. Setting off a full on Eitzel barrage here in Chicago on a gloomy day. @paranoiacs.bsky.social

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments