
This week, they began a plan to picket daily, until they reach an agreement.
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Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
This week, they began a plan to picket daily, until they reach an agreement.
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Risky practices jeopardize the health of patients and workers.
Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
About three-quarters of the people working in health care jobs are women, and a new national study from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania finds a large share of them earn low wages and have few benefits.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS
No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.
Written by OLIVIA DENG Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Your ballot initiative breakdown, from patient limits, to campaign finance, to transgender rights
Written by MICHELLE SANTIAGO CORTÉS Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Luisa Mercedes, 53, is from Aibonito, a mountain municipality in Puerto Rico haunted by a local myth involving a llorona (Spanish for “crier”). She paints an apocalyptic picture of a world ravaged by wind and water: “We saw the cars under water where we were staying. We saw a light post ripped out at the root.” She’s wearing jeans and a puffer jacket zipped up to her chin.
Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
Springfield and Holyoke in particular have had an influx of displaced Puerto Ricans, coming to stay with their families, in hotels, homeless shelters, and with friends. Beyond the question of what to do for housing as winter settles in comes the concern over employment, and more specifically, what to do for people who have licensure and years of education in their professions.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
You don't need a union to take action for justice on the job