Infrastructure
Don’t use infrastructure to divide along lines of race and class!
May 15, 2019Highways and roads have been used to enforce racial and class separation, infrastructure advocates remind us.
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Infrastructure push starts, but hits roadblock: Dollars
May 14, 2019The U.S. needs $2 trillion to bring its crumbling roads, creaky railroads, aging airports, 100-year-old water pipes, and crowded subways up to snuff.
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Putin outlines ambitious Arctic expansion program
April 9, 2019President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday put forward an ambitious program to secure Russia’s foothold in the Arctic.
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Bricklayers union: Democratic hopefuls all back key building trades issues
March 14, 2019“They’re all good on our issues," Jim Boland says, "but the question is ‘Can they win?’”
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AFL-CIO, big biz unite to urge Congress to fund infrastructure
March 6, 2019"Public-sector pay, benefits, and labor rights must be protected when special interests push privatization and contracting-out schemes."
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