Police said four people were killed Tuesday — three in a Northeast Washington home and another about an hour later at a carry-out restaurant on North Capitol Street — while officers were busy concluding a daylong barricade incident involving a suspect accused of shooting three cops. Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Ramey Kyle didn’t describe the […]
Yesterday, some drivers for ride-share companies Uber and Lyft in the United States went on strike, hoping to disrupt travel plans on Valentine’s Day to draw attention to their demands. A number of delivery drivers for Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and others in both the U.S. and the U.K. similarly logged off and refused to log […]
Sick abortion activists took to social media to discuss what they consider the most romantic St. Valentine’s Day gift: dead babies. “Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day,” declared Abortion Fund of Ohio. “They want flowers AND abortion on demand, birth control & chocolate & plan b, oh my!” The group was one of […]
Flowers, chocolates, handwritten cards – and flash mobs. People around the world expressed their love in myriad ways on Valentine’s Day: hanging hundreds of paper hearts in the streets to honor a recently deceased “Valentine’s Day Bandit” in Portland, Maine; vowing to cherish and obey democracy by casting votes in Valentine’s Day-themed polling stations in […]
Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine’s Day, calling for higher pay and other changes to their working conditions. In the U.S., Uber and Lyft drivers planned daylong strikes in Chicago; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Miami; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Austin, Texas; […]
Gig drivers from across the country are expected to walk off the job Wednesday to demand better pay. According to Justice for App Workers, which represents thousands of gig workers in the U.S., DoorDash, Uber and Lyft drivers from across the country will participate in an organized strike on Valentine’s Day. “We’re sick of working […]
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