Goodlettsville, TN– For the first time ever, Dollar General workers, supported by labor advocacy groups including Step Up Louisiana, United for Respect, Fight for $15 and a Union, #Putinaticket, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, will hold a rally on May 25th during the retailer’s annual shareholder meeting to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. The rally marks the public launch of a national movement to take on Dollar General and demand they address dangerous in-store conditions and poverty wages that are affecting workers’ health and well-being. This demonstration comes after years of grassroots organizing from worker groups that have mobilized workers at the…
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Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–Father’s Day is June 19th, but where is the best place to celebrate? The team at Shane Co. analyzed 70 of the most populous cities by looking at dad-approved factors like the number of golf courses, breweries, and steakhouses to find the best cities to celebrate Father’s Day. It found that Nashville is one of the best places to celebrate dad. You can find the full study here.
By Brandee Sanders Brooklyn-bred mogul Jay-Z has continually used his platform to amplify the importance of financial literacy and building generational wealth. His investment portfolio serves as a reflection of his belief in those values. According to TechCrunch, the Marcy Venture Partners founder has provided funding for a Black-led app centered on building credit. Launched in 2019 by founders Michael Broughton and Ayush Jain, the platform, dubbed Altro, was created to empower individuals to take control of their financial wellness. Using the app, people can cultivate credit through subscription platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix, HBO Max, and other services. The company links an individual’s recurring payment history…
By Emma Brown Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden’s popular-vote victory and choose “a clean slate of Electors,” according to emails obtained by The Washington Post. The emails, sent by Ginni Thomas to a pair of lawmakers on Nov. 9, 2020, argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. Though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear. Just days after media organizations called the race for Biden in Arizona and nationwide,…
Washington DC– Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar declared a COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) in January 2020. In March 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act. States got an additional 6.2% in federal Medicaid dollars and a 4.34% increase for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). HHS administers the CHIP program that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. “We had lots of people losing jobs and businesses closing down. And this is very common. When we have a recession the federal government provides more Medicaid funding,” said Joan Alker.…
National–Days after the racially motivated attack at a Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, which killed 10 people and wounded three, labor unions were quick to pay respects, express sorrow and remind the public where they stood on racial issues. CWA 1122’ss executive board, based in Buffalo, took to social media to offer condolences, and take care of union members who might have close ties to the people attacked in the shooting. “WE MUST COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND SAY ENOUGH!!,” read their statement on Twitter. “WE ALL SHARE THIS CITY, THIS COUNTRY…” “WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR EMPLOYERS…
Naitonal—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Representative Liz Cheney were honored for their work in defense of liberty at this year’s John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award ceremony, presented Sunday evening at the JFK Library in Dorchester. Former Staples chief executive Ron Sargent hosted the ceremony, which each year honors leaders from around the nation and the world who have demonstrated a commitment to protecting democracy in the United States and abroad. Zelensky has garnered international attention for his leadership of Ukraine amid the bloody Russian invasion, giving a seemingly endless round of virtual addresses to his people and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Mayor John Cooper and the leaders of Nashville’s premier public education institutions have announced “Trailblazing to TSU,” an exciting new partnership and scholarship program between Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and Tennessee State University (TSU) to provide 100 students starting in the fall of 2023 the opportunity to be educated and trained for career opportunities in four high-demand content areas. The partnership will include early college experiences in collaboration with MNPS to include college visits, mentorship, guidance, and counseling support, and will be a full ride scholarship that covers four years of tuition and fees…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University freshman Chaz Privette, a music performance major, was recently named the second national recipient of an expensive, hand-crafted concert guitar by the nonprofit organization GiftedGuitar. “At first, I thought, this can’t be happening,” Privette said, ‘but it felt amazing when I realized it actually was happening.” This spring, GiftedGuitar – a new San Francisco nonprofit that works to put concert-quality instruments in the hands of unusually promising young musicians – presented the APSU student with a newly hand-constructed Kenny Hill signature concert guitar worth around $8,000. “It took my whole high school savings…