UMich docks pay, calls cops on striking grad students | Working People
Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are still on strike after hitting the picket line for the second time in three years at the end of March. In the time between the Fall 2020…
Brits keen on return to offices to avoid high heating fees in winter, report finds
Working Brits have considered returning to the office in the winter as they continue to face a cost-of-living crisis that includes unbearably expensive heating bills in the coldest months. “Our data shows increasing numbers of U.K….
Blinken working with Qatar to help secure release of hostages held by Hamas
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is continuing his Middle East trip in Qatar Friday, where he’s working diplomatic levers to secure the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas last weekend. CBS News senior White House…
How Brazil’s MST fights for agrarian reform while battling hunger
Hunger skyrocketed in Brazil during the tenure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. 33 million Brazilians, some 15% of the entire country, are now food insecure according to official statistics. As Brazil’s poorest were abandoned to…
UK minister sees progress being made at UN Security Council in tackling Israel-Hamas crisis
A top British government minister who represented the U.K. at the U.N. Security Council this week says he is seeing positive signs at the international body amid efforts to find common ground on ways to resolve…
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israeli evacuation order
Palestinians are fleeing to southern Gaza after the Israel Defense Forces ordered more than a million people to immediately evacuate. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has the latest. #news #israel #gaza CBS News Streaming…
Haiti’s Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier: Gang leader or revolutionary? | The Chris Hedges Report
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/a-new-documentary-offers-a-different-look-at-haitis-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier has been placed in the international spotlight as an emblem of Haiti’s purported “gang problem.” But who is Chérizier really? A new documentary series, Another…
Ted Cruz demands action from Mayorkas over threats to Border Patrol agents: ‘Cartels are emboldened’
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide more information, and take additional action, to combat threats against Border Patrol agents — which he attributed to “emboldened”…
Does Jim Jordan have enough votes to be House speaker?
House Republicans chose Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee for speaker in a secret ballot vote Friday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins to discuss how much of the GOP supports Jordan’s…
350,000 Teamsters are about to take on UPS
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/350000-teamsters-are-about-to-take-on-ups Under the new leadership team led by General President Sean M. O’Brien, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are re-introducing themselves to the bosses and to the world as…
Hamas heightens attacks ahead of expected Israeli offensive
Israel continues to strike Gaza nearly a week after Hamas attacked, but the militant group keeps firing back. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata is on the ground with more. #news #israel #hamasattack CBS…
Nikki Haley hailed China as ‘a friend’ in 2014 thank-you letter to ambassador
When serving as governor of South Carolina in 2014, presidential GOP hopeful Nikki Haley said she considered China “a friend” and that she appreciated the “strong relationship” the Palmetto State shared with China. In a letter…
Making a Killing: Anatomy of the Cincinnati Rebellion of 2001 w/Robin D.G. Kelley
In a special ‘George Floyd Memorial Lecture’ hosted by the University of Houston, historian Robin D.G. Kelley draws links between the 2020 uprisings and the 2001 rebellion in Cincinnati against the police killing of Timothy…
Walter Reed reinstates contract for Catholic priests to provide pastoral care after ‘cease and desist’
EXCLUSIVE: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center reinstated a contract for Catholic priests to provide care at the hospital after a “cease and desist” order from the facility earlier this year ordered priests to halt…
Twin babies survive Hamas attack that killed their parents
Israeli officials found twin boys — less than a year old — unharmed after Hamas killed both their parents over the weekend. CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell has the story. #news…
Cops raided his house without a warrant, how they justified it is scary
The chilling raid of an early-onset dementia patient’s home in Erie, PA by multiple law enforcement agencies evokes a larger pattern of police abuse against disabled people. Please join journalists Taya Graham and Stephen Janis…
Biden admin paves way to cease all offshore California fossil fuel drilling operations
The Biden administration issued a federal plan Thursday to remove all remaining oil and gas infrastructure located off the California coast once they stop producing.The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement…
Political strategists sound off as Republicans continue speaker saga
Democratic strategist Ashley Etienne and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez joined CBS News to share their thoughts on Republicans’ inability to coalesce around a House speaker, putting Congress at a standstill. #news #congress #politics CBS News…
Live: Strikes at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, University of Michigan, & more
From strippers in North Hollywood to service workers in Atlanta and graduate students in Michigan, workers across sectors of the economy are taking direct action and fighting for what they deserve. But they are also…
‘Squad’ Dem Rep. Jamaal Bowman fire alarm footage released after guilty plea: ‘bold-faced liar’
The footage of “Squad” Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York pulling a fire alarm in a House office building was released Thursday after he accepted a plea deal on misdemeanor charges for the incident.Fox…
How to see the “ring of fire” solar eclipse and protect your eyes
This weekend, a “ring of fire” solar eclipse will be visible across portions of the United States. During the annular solar eclipse the moon appears slightly smaller than the sun. Sky gazers are set watch…
Women strike in Barcelona for fair pay, migrant justice, and more
The degradation of women’s labor and social standing is a global feature of capitalism. In Barcelona, Catalonia, 60,000 women took to the streets for a one-day general strike called by Spanish union CGT on International…
Median household incomes dropped in 17 states in 2022
Census data shows that median household incomes dropped in one-third of U.S. states last year. Many of those 17 states where households lost economic ground are clustered in the Midwest and Northeast, including electoral swing…
House Republicans file resolution to expel George Santos from Congress
A group of House Republicans from New York officially filed a privileged resolution late Thursday to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress.The resolution was introduced by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., and was co-sponsored…
Neoliberalism’s anti-democratic stealth revolution w/Wendy Brown
Half a century of neoliberalism has transformed the politics of the globe. The supremacy of free market ideology has stripped away the commons and reduced most states to their purely military and repressive functions. In…
So the House took three weeks to elect a Speaker… just so members could try to punish or expel each other
Perhaps it was better without a Speaker.With no Speaker, the House floor was closed.TRUMP AS HOUSE SPEAKER WOULD BE THE ‘DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS’ OF POLITICSNow that the House elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), there was…
How to talk to kids about war
Many parents are navigating difficult conversations with their children as they try to explain the Israel-Hamas war in an age-appropriate manner. Developmental psychologist Dr. Aliza Pressman joined CBS News with advice on how to approach…
