We're excited to announce FERN's a finalist for two journalism awards from @INN! Our Hot Farm podcast is nominated for Explanatory Journalism and our California farmworkers story for the Breaking Barriers award. Congrats, @Eve_Abrams and @tessacotsirilos! https://t.co/6UXPNyZg0X
Today marks 13 years since we raised the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. That’s the longest period without a raise in the history of the minimum wage. That is egregious.
5 people are running to be Sheriff of New Orleans. 2 showed up at a forum to discuss the issues: Susan Hutson and Quentin Brown. Who didn’t show up? New Orleans’ current sheriff Marlin Gusman.
30 years ago today, Anita Hill became an exemplar of courage, but believing her was the road not taken by millions of Americans. Our community and our nation have paid a steep price for this failure ever since.
What we are watching unfold in Afghanistan is gut wrenching.
As always we need to center the people.
The U.S. should do everything in our power to safely evacuate advocates, refugees, and journalists alongside U.S. personnel and allies. Each person in harms way matters deeply.
🎉 @SceneOnRadio's fourth season, "The Land That Never Has Been Yet," has been nominated for the @PeabodyAwards! Congrats to the podcast’s creator, CDS audio director John Biewen, as well as to S4 collaborator @catchatweetdown and editor Loretta Williams! https://t.co/5Sy4zxQULZ
There are few things more shameful than a $7.25 minimum wage not budging in over a decade while billionaires add $1,600,000,000,000 to their wealth during the course of a pandemic.
@bmisick@AubriRuth@willsutton Also During this unusual Carnival Season @Eve_Abrams explores the connection between New Orleans & Haiti through the beat of the drum... Listen to the six part series here: https://t.co/U2ZMWzrjjb
via @NYTimes Yeeeeeess, speak it @jasonfarago
Embed unemployed artists, bring artists onboard for infrastructure projects, and create a new federal cultural works project. #WPA2021 https://t.co/YctJVSBQIc