by arispitzer | Jan 16, 2017 | Human Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
“The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power.” When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made that statement at the National Conference on New Politics in 1967, he was acknowledging...
by arispitzer | Oct 31, 2016 | Weekly News Roundup
Harvard Dining Workers’ Strike Wraps Up Harvard’s first strike in more than a decade ended on Wednesday when workers voted 583 to 1 in favor of a new five-year labor contract. The strike began nearly a month ago, after more than four months of negotiations. The new...
by arispitzer | Oct 21, 2016 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Labor and Employment
While we have been supporting workers in our own community over the past few weeks, another remarkable and important labor event has been unfolding across the country. October 9 marked one month since thousands of prisoners, in as many as 29 institutions across the...
by arispitzer | Apr 6, 2016 | Weekly News Roundup
Supreme Court upholds the principle of “One Person, One Vote” As reported by Ari Berman in the Nation, the Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott, unanimously rejected a challenge to require states to redraw legislative boundaries based on the total number of eligible...
by arispitzer | Mar 4, 2016 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Earlier this month, the Maryland General Assembly expanded voting rights to around 44,000 people with felony convictions, overriding six vetoes by Republican Governor Larry Hogan. The vote means that Maryland will soon join the ranks of thirteen states and the...
