District Makes ‘Last, Best And Final Offer’ To Striking Support Staff By Melissa Turtinen, Bring Me The News. March 22, 2022 District Makes ‘Last, Best And Final Offer’ To Striking Support Staff2022-03-222022-03-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220322-5.jpg200px200px Educators say they’ll continue to strike. The Minneapolis Public School district says it has shared its “last, best and final offer” to striking education support professionals (ESPs). But the ESP and teacher chapters of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT 59) say the district can do better, and they’ll continue to strike until that happens. Classes were canceled in Minneapolis on Monday, marking the 10th day nearly 30,000 students have missed school since the […]
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Oakland, Calif. — Following a planned “sick-out” on Friday where more than 500 teachers across the Oakland Unified School District called out of work sick, hundreds of students within the district have come together in an online petition demanding increased COVID-19 protocols or else they’ll strike. Students at schools in Oakland Unified School District are now demanding increased COVID-19 protocols and supplies. If their demands are not met, they plan to boycott showing up for in-person classes. “We are demanding KN95 masks for all of the students because they’re not easily accessible to them, twice a week PCR and rapid tests […]
Above photo: StandWithChesa.com. California – Chesa Boudin has been serving San Franciscans as their district attorney for nearly two years. He is a leading progressive in what has been called the progressive prosecutors’ movement. Other progressive district attorneys in that small cohort are George Gascon in Los Angeles and Larry Krasner in Philadelphia. In Berger v. United States https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/295/78/, the Supreme Court said that the duty of a prosecutor “in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.” Yet all too many prosecutors are more concerned with winning cases than with doing […]
Above Photo: Principal Palazzo kneels beside students building with Legos so they can show him their progress during recess in a first grade classroom. Dani Fresh for WHYY. ‘It’s Like We’re Giving Permission For These Kids To Struggle.’ Just a few minutes into a recent tour of Panther Valley Elementary School, principal Robert Palazzo got word that the kindergarten boys’ bathroom was clogged. Again. “This bathroom is a source of much frustration,” he said. There’s just one toilet for nearly 80 children, a stark illustration of how desperately the building needs an update. Palazzo called for a plunger and directed children […]
Above Photo: (Greenpeace media library). Calling on Canadian banks to stop funding climate chaos and injustice Toronto – Greenpeace Canada activists blocked entrances to the RBC’s corporate headquarters today by suspending climbers from fifteen foot high tripods as part of a call for Canada’s big five banks to stop funding fossil fuels and to respect Indigenous rights . The protestors said that despite their claims, Canada’s big banks are still amongst the largest funders of fossil fuels in the world and are thus fueling the climate crisis, destroying biodiversity and violating Indigenous rights. “I’m a middle-aged dad with a mild fear […]
Invisible no more. For the first time ever, the red, white and black colors of the Tulalip flag are soaring over every Marysville School District campus. Tulalip’s iconic orca was raised up at each elementary, middle school, high school, and even District headquarters during the week of November 17th. In each instance, the 3 foot by 5 foot cloth signifying the Tulalip Tribes as a sovereign nation was raised by a proud student representative and young Tulalip culture bearer. “About a decade ago, my coworker Ricky Belmont and I started asking the schools we work at to fly the Tulalip Tribes […]
Nebraska gives us a peek into middle America politics …by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor Jim’s Editor’s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPalJim’s work includes research, field trips, Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more. Thanks for helping. Click to donate >> First published … October 19, 2020 Nebraska is one of only two states to apportion its electoral votes by Congressional district. Maine is the other. If the Biden-Trump battle swings by one vote, then the Omaha, Nebraska district could make political history. The district is not an outlier, but a clear representation of Trump’s slippage in middle America, the folks […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107902/59/1079025940_0:0:3151:1772_1200x675_80_0_0_abbf7b339d92603cc3c31a0af08593a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/society/202010171080798463-adult-film-park-with-porn-stars-as-employees-opens-in-tokyos-red-light-district/ The attraction was designed by one of the largest Japanese adult film companies, Soft on Demand (SOD), which has previously opened bars where porn actresses serve guests. The idea turned out to be a hit and the company has decided to expand its business. A theme park for adults that has porn actresses as employees has recently opened up in Japan’s capital Tokyo. Each floor of the five-storied building, located in the Kabukicho red-light district, has its own theme. Floor 1F is used as a sort of reception, where the features of […]
Protesters in Minsk attempted to make their way to the elite district where top Belarusian government officials reside, but were met by a large police force on the way. At least 400 people were arrested during Sunday’s protests. Thousands of people took part in Sunday’s protest against President Alexander Lukashenko, which the pro-opposition social media dubbed “the march of heroes.” Instead of starting in the center of the capital like most previous rallies, Sunday’s march aimed for the posh Drozdy district, which hosts the houses of the country’s top politicians and business figures, including one of the residences of President Lukashenko. […]
The president and his allies have already had a field day attacking the Democratic House speaker over security cam footage showing her getting her hair washed and blow-dried at a beauty parlour, mask-free, despite regulations in her district which shuttered salons to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Students for Trump, a political youth group affiliated with the Turning Point Action political action committee, has posted a viral video from the 12th district in San Francisco, California, home district of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, showing major problems with rampant homelessness, drug use, and property destruction in the community she represents. […]
The email from the principal had a lighthearted, friendly tone, but the news she delivered was alarming: Three more students at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia, had tested positive for the coronavirus—the fourth such letter sent to parents that week. That out of the way, she then moved on to what she called a “distraction,” noting that the high school volleyball team would be playing in a tournament the next day. “Come to CVHS to see our lady Grizzlies play at 9:00 10:00 or 12:30,” she wrote. “Go Grizzlies!” Two days later, after 25 students tested positive and more than […]
Citizen Free Press writes: Laura Loomer wasn’t the only outspoken woman to win big in Florida tonight. Republican candidate Anna Paulina Luna kicked ass in Florida’s 13th District. Luna will take on Charlie Crist in November. Luna, 31, a veteran, garnered nearly 36 percent of the vote, or more than 22,000 votes of the nearly 62,000 ballots cast in the race. “I am honored and humbled to be nominated by the voters of Pinellas County, who affirmed what they told me on the campaign trail: they are ready for patriotic public servants and are done with career politicians and insiders. I […]
Afghanistan’s capital has been hit by multiple rockets in an attack that appears to have targeted the main diplomatic district which houses embassies. At least 10 people have been injured in the attack, local media reported. “Several rockets were fired from two vehicles,” Ministry of Interior spokesman Tariq Arian said on Tuesday, as cited by Reuters. Photographs and videos show plumes of black smoke rising from the district as large booms can be heard in the distance. Workers in embassies were rushed to safe rooms during the barrage. One of the rockets landed inside the Presidential Palace, according to unconfirmed local media […]
There was a HUGE UPSET tonight in the Missouri Democrat Primary. Commie Cori Bush, a Justice Democrat and Black Lives Matter organizer, defeated Rep. Lacy Clay in Missouri District 1 representing St. Louis City. I’m not sure people understand how enormous of an upset it is for @CoriBush to defeat Lacy Clay. She’s a nurse who’s never held elective office. She doesn’t know rich people she can call for big checks. She didn’t moderate her stances to accommodate the status quo. It’s huge. — Max Berger (@maxberger) August 5, 2020 TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police […]
Republican Iraq War veteran Peter Meijer won the Republican primary race in Michigan’s Third District held by Never-Trumper Justin Amash. Update: Peter Meijer just won the GOP primary to replace Justin Amash https://t.co/ll5643l0PV — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 5, 2020 never-Trumper Justin Amash left the Republican Party in July 2019. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago Breitbart.com reported Peter Meijer won the contested Republican primary in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. With over 66 percent of precincts reporting, Meijer had over 50 percent of the vote in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/89/1079768987_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_c9784b7804aac6e3bafa4d9ee468a5a2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007261079985566-district-in-western-mongolia-on-quarantine-over-suspected-bubonic-plague-case-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Mongolia has indefinitely put a district in western Zavkhan province on quarantine over a suspected bubonic plague case, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, citing local authorities. The patient in question is a 39-year-old resident of the Uliastai district. He experienced high fever, headache and muscle aches after eating marmot meat with his family a week ago. He has been isolated at a local hospital. At least nine people who had come into contact with him have been isolated at homes. Earlier, several herds were diagnosed with bubonic plague in […]
Brian Papin, Facebook photo Brian Papin, a Special Education teacher at Cedar Grove High School in Atlanta, Georgia who encouraged the Black Lives Matter supporter kneeling on a white baby’s neck in a viral photo to “lean into it until death” is no longer employed at the DeKalb County School District. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Brian Papin resigned. “The teacher is no longer employed with DCSD. Again, there is no place for racism or abuse in our school district.” – DeKalb Schools said on Twitter. DeKalb County School District (DCSD) administrators were made aware of the disturbing social media posts […]
De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January following his suspension from high school because of a grooming policy forbidding long hair in boys. Arnold refused to cut his dreadlocks and was barred from attending his high school graduation ceremony and senior prom. Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures hide caption toggle caption Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January following his suspension from high school because of a grooming policy forbidding long hair in boys. Arnold refused to cut his dreadlocks and was barred from attending his high school graduation ceremony and senior […]
Sex workers held a protest urging authorities to end the lockdown for brothels in the northern German city of Hamburg. Brothels have remained closed for more than three months due to Covid-19 restrictions. The women, some of whom wore lingerie, held up signs reading “We are hygiene professionals,” and “We pay taxes and now nobody helps us!” A similar protest took place in Berlin outside the parliament building last week. Brothels have been shut down since mid-March due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Sex workers argue that their workplaces should be reopened as Germany is gradually lifting its quarantine restrictions, and sex […]
Violent leftists are out destroying pubic property, shutting down streets, rioting and pepper-spraying police tonight in Salt Lake City. The leftists are angry that a the shooting deaths of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was ruled justified. Advertisement – story continues below Palacios-Carbajal was carrying a gun when he was shot dead.The video is very brutal. Protesters vandalized the District Attorney’s Office with red paint following the decision. TRENDING: Radical Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Vows to Overthrow the United States and Replace with “a Socialist World” Protesters angry at Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal ruling protest in front of the district attorney’s officehttps://t.co/9sW8Z5j6IN — lebowski underachiever […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107977/84/1079778478_0:79:3072:1807_1200x675_80_0_0_99712a4f1da97407af3f318b8b37364d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007021079778512-district-attorney-gives-presser-after-epsteins-companion-maxwell-arrested—video/ Earlier in the day, an FBI spokesperson confirmed that Maxwell had been arrested on charges related to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal activity and perjury. The district attorney of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is giving a press conference after Jeffrey Epstein’s close friend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested by the FBI in New Hampshire on charges of playing a role in the “sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Epstein”. One of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, claimed to have been […]
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. announced charges on Wednesday afternoon in the death of Rayshard Brooks last weekend at a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. Brooks was killed by police after resisting arrest, wrestling with the police, punching one officer in the face, stealing the officer’s taser and then firing on the officers. DA Howard, Jr. says officials spoke to three witnesses and reviewed eight videos of the attempted arrest and shooting. Eleven charges were announced including felony murder by the officer involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks. TRENDING: Fulton County DA Announces 11 Charges, Including Felony Murder […]
On Saturday a self-described New York Cityprotest leader told FOX News today that he is planning on going down to the predominantly Jewish Diamond District tonight with gasoline. The comments were captured by FOX News on Saturday. The man, who has FTP (F**k the police) tattooed on his arm did not hesitate in revealing his plans. A peaceful protester made a threat on live TV to go down to the predominantly Jewish Diamond District in New York City with gasoline.pic.twitter.com/bQrf5C4qYn — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 6, 2020 TRENDING: Actor Tom Arnold Calls For Armed Insurrection Against Trump Supporters But there […]
These violent leftists don’t even hide their criminal plots from live TV. Advertisement – story continues below A New York self-described protest leader told FOX News today that he is planning on going down to the predominantly Jewish Diamond District tonight with gasoline. The man, who has FTP (F**k the police) tattooed on his arm had no hesitation in revealing his plans. A peaceful protester made a threat on live TV to go down to the predominantly Jewish Diamond District in New York City with gasoline. pic.twitter.com/bQrf5C4qYn — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 6, 2020 TRENDING: CNN Guest Proposes Abusing White […]