NEWS: The D.C. Council just voted unanimously to decouple 13 provisions of the city's tax code from the federal code. It's a step to avoid some of the tax cuts (and loss of revenue) that would come from the GOP's tax bill passed earlier this year.

We visited more than 40 Senate offices today and it's working. We're hearing more and more Senators ready to VOTE NO on this bad funding bill attempting to sabotage DC's local budget. Now we need to see it all the way through. Join us tomorrow (Thursday) at the Hart Atrium: bit.ly/dcs-budget

The new GOP spending bill cuts $200 million from DC Public Schools and a billion total from DC’s budget (which gets federal money because we are a colony not a state)

A crackdown on Palestinian solidarity was always part of the plan for Trump Term 2. @premthakker.bsky.social reported on 'Project Esther' back in October zeteo.com/p/project-es...

📣 DC Join us again this Monday (3/10) bright and early to RALLY FOR WORKERS! We'll rally outside the courthouse before the next hearing in NTEU v. Vought.

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Less than one year ago, thousands of TSA employees signed a seven-year union contract. On Friday the Trump announced that “it is ending collective bargaining for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA)” They just tore up the contract. It’s appalling www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/strike-or-...

“Our union stands ready to support any actions initiated by our union siblings in the TSA, including a boycott on air travel and work stoppages of any kind.” -- 50,000-member UFCW Local 3000. Hope to see more of this around the labor movement.

Happy International Women’s Day! The precursor to International Women’s Day (National Woman’s Day) was organized by the Ukrainian-born labor activist, suffragist, and author of "The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker," Theresa Serber Malkiel in New York City on February 28, 1909.

It's almost as if they don't know anything about DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Our public schools are facing devastating cuts that will hurt millions of students—especially kids in poverty & kids with disabilities. This Tuesday, March 4, join us to demand full funding for our schools. #ProtectOurKids bsky.app/profile/aftu...

Not great financial news for D.C.: The CFO's quarterly revenue estimate shows that for FY26, which starts in October, D.C. is expected to take in $325 million less than it expected back in December. And that repeats in the following years. A big cause: federal layoffs.

Elon Musk and DOGE are firing or trying to fire tens of thousands of federal workers who keep the essential programs that working families rely on running every day. We want to hear your story: How have you been impacted? act.aflcio.org/forms/share-...

Last week, we took action because America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist oligarchs who undermine our democracy. Worker power has saved us before—let's do it again. #SaveOurServices.

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

Born #tdih 1868: William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, one of most important scholars of 20th century. Sociologist, historian, Pan-Africanist, author, editor; co-founder of NAACP, leader of Niagara Movement, & editor of NAACP’s The Crisis Magazine. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we...

Planned USPS changes could put people’s lives at risk by delaying medications, mail-in ballots, financial documents, and letters of great importance. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

Protest against Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center 💃🏽 • Feb 13 2025 Queer, trans, and disabled folks will be the ones who die first, throughout, and after. They will also be the ones of the front lines fighting for our collective freedom. Protecting them means protecting us all, I promise.

🚨🚨🚨STARTING AT NOON 🚨🚨🚨 70+ CFPB workers were fired last night in an email that didn’t even bother to mail merge [AppointmentDate] and [JobTitle]. Join us at 12p TODAY to rally for them! #saveCFPB

Trump said no drag shows at the Kennedy Center. DC says: this is our house, we’ll do it anyways. Join us and @claudiajonesschool.bsky.social @harrietsdreams.bsky.social @dykemarch.bsky.social + more for a dance party TOMORROW at 6:30 PM. freedcproject.org/event-list/d...

We're suing Russy Vought to stop the #CFPBLockout and #DeleteDOGE!!!!!!!!!!!! 😇 🥰 🥳 😎 💅 See you in court boss 😘 🇺🇸 🗽 🏈

You've heard of Kent State (1970) & maybe Jackson State (1970). Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 🧵 Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...

Big protest by the CFPB union happening in front of the CFPB building right now. “FORK OFF ELON”

Solidarity with the CFPB employees as President Musk the 47th president and his DOGE children wreak havoc.

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social marched with @dcculinaryunion.bsky.social workers last night to demand respect, stability and a stronger voice on the job at some of DC’s top restaurants. Workers showed that Starr and Knightsbridge's union-busting tactics won’t break their solidarity.

“I don't operate out of fear. I try to focus on listening more, how the work could change, and trying to figure out what kind of other layers we need to add within our work.” - Fariha, MSMA core organizer, in @teenvogue.bsky.social. Read the article: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

Our Executive Director sent a letter today to Speaker Johnson in response to his attacking Bishop Budde for her "radical ideology," the same radical ideology Jesus preached. festivalcenter.org/2025/01/27/d...

This is deplorable. Andrew Zabavsky was found guilty by a federal grand jury in Dec. 2022 of conspiracy to obstruct & obstruction of justice regarding the Oct. 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown on Kennedy St. NW in Ward 4. Zabavsky was sentenced to 4 years in prison in Sept. 2024.

Horrible, racist take. One thing we cannot do under the new fascist administration, is to bend over to their shock troops and adopt their backwards positions.

🚨ALERT 🚨ICE activity has been reported (still unverified) at Woodley Park Metro as of 9:30AM on 21/Jan.

We're building power to make DC’s demand for full democratic representation un-ignorable. Our communities deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join the effort to win it. #FreeDC

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

President-elect Trump frequently has railed against crime in DC...now what might he do about it? My City Paper story. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7557...

🚨BOYCOTT STARBUCKS🚨 Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store between Dec. 20 -Dec. 24 while the workers are on strike! Here’s how to support: x.com/sbworkersuni...

🇨🇺 Hundreds of thousands of Cubans demonstrated on Friday in front of the US embassy in defense of the Cuban revolution and demanding the ending of US sanctions and removal from the state sponsors of terrorism list.

BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United is going on strike. Tomorrow unionized Starbucks workers are walking out in multiple key cities. And @sbworkersunited.org's rolling strike will grow in the coming days. 537 stores and 10,000+ workers are in the union and could potentially strike.

#tdih 1951, Paul Robeson submitted a petition (edited by William Patterson) to the U.N. titled, “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People,” signed by close to 100 U.S. intellectuals and activists. ⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we...

Over 2 million postal and federal retirees have had their Social Security checks unjustly cut. The Social Security Fairness Act would fix this and give them the FULL retirement they earned. Call your Senators and tell them to vote YES! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

A Senate vote on the Social Security Fairness Act could come as early as Monday night! Together, we can make a difference for retirees and working families. Take 5 minutes to call your senators and urge them to vote YES. actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...

Our latest issue features four of the smartest, most important narrative interventions about the election, its results, and its implications for the left that have been published in the month since November 5th. Here are four of those pieces from our contributors:

The average rent in the United States has about doubled since 2005.

Over 4,000 of DC's young workers were unemployed from 2021-2023. A job guarantee that connects young people to a job with a livable wage, benefits, and supportive services would benefit workers, their families, and the economy. www.dcfpi.org/all/a-qualit...

This is what happened in Korea in 1980 when a renegade general declared martial law and slaughtered demonstrators in the streets of Gwangju. Hundreds were killed. Yet President Carter gave US military support to the suppression of the uprising. I broke that story. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

We stand in solidarity with the Korean people as they struggle against martial law and dictatorship!

Join the coalition tomorrow as we get together to strategize about the future we need in D.C. and how we ensure our voices are central to the budget process, especially in the face of a changing federal landscape. Don’t miss it! actionnetwork.org/events/our-p...

Washington Gas very much does not want you to know that using gas appliances for hours to make your Thanksgiving meal comes with serious health risks. So much so that they seem to have pressured WUSA to bury a story about this... washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7540...

The labor movement will not stand by and watch Trump dismantle our workplace rights and our unions. We know how to stand together, stand up for workers, and never back down. inthesetimes.com/article/dona...

ICYMI: Last week, D.C.'s go-go museum held a soft opening after years of planning and fundraising. Contributor Shedrick Pelt takes you through the exhibit.