We need Smart Justice, not a new half-a-billion dollar jail
Instead of committing Hawaiʻi to a future of continued mass incarceration, we can invest back into our communities and restore people who do harm to being functioning members of society. Doing so will make us all safer and healthier.
“I made this item you are going to buy but I didn’t get paid for it”
The notes were written by factory workers in Istanbul, employed by brands Zara, Mango and Next and distributed at stores around the global north.
Ai-jen Poo: Building and sustaining a movement for social justice
Ai-jen Poo on building and sustaining a national movement for social justice, and how the Hawaiʻi campaign to pass kūpuna and family care legislation ties into that larger project.
TPP fast track passes Senate, but the fight is far from over
If progressives can push all the democratic presidential candidates to oppose the TPP, including Hillary Clinton, it could go a long way in flipping more Congressional democrats from yes to no.
Minimum wage ‘compromise’ bill watered down to appease business owners
The House labor committee's draft of the minimum wage increase bill is pitched as a compromise, but still favors small business owners over their employees.
A rally for the rest of us
The “People Not Profits” rally brought together diverse issues, united by the message that government should serve the people, not corporations and developers.