Since February, over two-thirds of the new collective bargaining agreement has been tentatively settled. This includes protecting the 4-day work week, fair comp time policies, and compensation for second languages on the job. But after 30 bargaining sessions, negotiations have stalled.
A bid for the mayor’s office would pit Brooks, the leader of the city’s Working Families Party, against Parker, a centrist aligned with the Democratic Party establishment.
Philly City Councilmember Kendra Brooks is considering running for mayor, sources say
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New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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It’s our air, our lives, and our city — we should decide 🦅 Two potential data center sites have already been identified in Philly—but the city has no rules to protect communities. We're rallying on 9/14 to demand City Council press PAUSE on data center development. Join us at philly.my/sep14rally
If you’re looking for municipal solutions to PA’s housing crisis, check out this toolkit!
Local Progress@localprogress.bsky.social · last mo.Housing should be for people, not profit. That's why Local Progress Impact Lab is releasing a resource with Regional Housing Legal Services on bold tactics local elected officials in Pennsylvania can take to bring down the cost of housing in their communities.
All of our @usatoday.com bargaining units signed onto this statement, calling for the company to rescind its deal with Palantir, a company with a well-documented history of ethical issues. Read more here..... newsguild.org/usa-today-jo...
USA Today Co.’s unionized journalists and media workers demand company end partnership with Palantir | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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If progressives lose, it’s bad for progressives. If progressives win, though, it’s also bad for progressives. Gotta love narrative setting.
Politico@politico.com · 2mo agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
they announced that we got LeBron over the PA speakers at the Acme lmao
Earlier this month, Local Progress held its annual National Convening, where the LP Guild showed up for each other & our members. We believe in the mission of LP and the work our members do every day to support their constituents, which is why we are fighting for a fair contract!
"In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about a third of those of France." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France
Microsoft, Amazon and Google say they still aim to achieve net zero output despite construction boom
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On World Refugee Day I'm sharing this sonnet by Damian Gorman that is filled with the most touching images. But of greater importance it contains a truth that can be easily forgotten. ‘our worth is more than the weight we put upon the earth’ #poetry #poemoftheday #WorldRefugeeDay
Join @kairosfellows.bsky.social tomorrow for session four of their Building Powerful Campaigns against AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series. Register: www.mobilize.us/wethefighter...
Building Powerful Campaigns against AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series · Organizing to Fight Oligarchy / We The Fighters
The Data Center Working Group, Kairos Fellowship, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Ea...
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The New York Assembly and Senate have both passed a one-year moratorium on the construction of AI hyperscale data centers. The bill is now on Governor Kathy Hochul's desk.
Just hours after Gov. Sherrill said ICE would step aside outside Delaney Hall to allow NJ state police to “protect protesters,” ICE is armed and back out in full force. Per Mercado Media stream: www.youtube.com/live/GixFCom...
Six words Marisa Kabas. Delaney Hall Must-read
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW — I wrote about my visit to Delaney Hall, the ICE facility in Newark, NJ where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike in protest of rotten food, unpaid work, and unjust detainment, and where protesters outside have spent the last week drawing ICE's ire while keeping strikers' demands alive.
BIG WIN: 8-5! We just passed a temporary data center moratorium and I was proud to be lead author alongside my colleague Jason Chavez, @jchavezmpls.bsky.social 🧵
Hey! We’re the Local Progress Guild. We’re glad to be here! We’re in the middle of bargaining our new contract and it’s time to tell you all about it as a loud and proud union.
Rising resistance to data centers is not just about NIMBYism, says writer and organizer Astra Taylor. It's also about asserting "democratic governance over AI" and pushing back against "Silicon Valley and its authoritarian agenda."
Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”
As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public ov...
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Chris Rabb is challenging the entire approach that both major parties have taken regarding wars in particular and foreign policy in general. https://bit.ly/4uJ75Xn
Chris Rabb Will Be a Transformative Member of the House
A candidate from Philadelphia, running in America’s 250th year, has a plan to restore checks and balances on kingly presidents and renew the constitutional authority of Congress.
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Incredible organizing in Wisconsin. Check out this story.
Bolts@boltsmag.org · 5mo agoLocal governments across Wisconsin have been ending their agreements with the surveillance company Flock Safety. “If police chiefs are bailing on it, that really shows momentum,” says the mayor of Verona, which ended its Flock contract last year.
Hey, Philly! @chrisrabb.com is rallying with @aoc.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY! Go see 'em and vote for RABB in the PA-03 Democratic Primary! secure.actblue.com/donate/aoc4r...
Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1
'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune
Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
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Our new polling shows more than 90% of working people want job and privacy protection from AI, and overwhelmingly trust unions, not Big Tech or either political party, to deliver those protections for them. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/workers-ai-policy-unions
US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says
Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for
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I love overtime hockey because it gives you the feeling of being so incredibly alive, yet absolutely dying simultaneously. Truly magical.
New @mapthepower.bsky.social and ACRE report found that "the largest beneficiary of the [EITC and OSTC] school voucher tax credit programs is a company led by the state’s richest man and prolific school privatization advocate, billionaire Jeff Yass" littlesis.org/reports/comp...
Companies run by Pennsylvania billionaires among top recipients of state's school voucher tax credit program - Little Sis
Top beneficiaries of the tax credit include entities led by Jeffrey Yass, Joel Greenberg, and Arthur Dantchik of Susquehanna Investment Group
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Guaranteed paid leave. Ending algorithmic price-gouging by big grocery chains. Abolishing Super PACs. It's not enough for Democrats to simply oppose Trump. They must offer working people something to vote FOR. The Congressional Progressive Caucus' Affordability Agenda is an excellent start.
The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Contract with America - The American Prospect
Reminiscent of the Gingrich Revolution, a multi-bill package would attack higher costs, raise wages, and get big money o
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