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The article explores the immigration crisis at the Mexico-U.S. border and its potential impact on the 2024 presidential election. It highlights the significant increase in asylum seekers crossing the border, with over 300,000 people arriving in December 2023 alone. The broken asylum system, lengthy court processes, and busing of migrants to cities and states contribute to the crisis. The text suggests potential changes that the Biden administration could make to address the issue, including limiting admissions, screening asylum seekers at the border, and federal government involvement in initial placement. The article also discusses the Biden administration's broader immigration policies, which aim to restore pre-Trump levels of legal immigration and prioritize the well-being of unauthorized individuals. [Extracted from the article]

"I'm Going to Come Find You... " When Zara Cadoux reported for work, she was the first non-Amazon worker through the door - a white woman in a union where all the leaders and most of the members are Black and Brown. For anyone who doesn't know, Smalls is the fired Amazon employee who led his co-workers in Staten Island's JFK8 warehouse to a union victory on April 1, 2022. When she started her internship, Cadoux was the only administrative assistant at ALU; to this day, she is the first and only person hired by ALU as full-time staff. Keywords: Amazon Labor Union; strike; collective bargaining; labor; living wage EN Amazon Labor Union strike collective bargaining labor living wage 94 97 4 02/07/23 20230101 NES 230101 In May 2022, just four months into her first semester as a graduate student in Labor Studies, Zara Cadoux began an internship at the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), serving as an assistant to union President Chris Smalls. [Extracted from the article]

And, because the very wealthy members of museum boards are constantly in and out of the galleries, museum workers see economic and social inequality up close and personal. A half century ago, in 1971, staffers at New York City's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) organized an independent union known as PASTA, the Professional and Administrative Staff Association. In July 2021, workers at the Whitney Museum won union representation by a vote of 96-1, and on August 15, a unit of about 130 workers at the Brooklyn Museum voted overwhelmingly for the union. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews several films. "Bread and Roses," produced by Rebecca O'Brien; "Secrets of Silicon Valley," produced by Alan Stinow and Deborah Kaufman; "Life and Debt," produced by Stephnie Black; "Live Nude Girls United," produced by John Montoya and Avilla Peterson.