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have a good show. >> thanks, alex. earlier this week potential jurors in washington d.c. in the case of united states america versus donald j trump received preliminary questionnaires about their potential availability for a trial beginning on march 4th, in today donald trumps lawyers filed a motion to block any more preliminary steps in jury selection in that case, and to block everything else in that case, dont holmes lawyers filed a motion this afternoon to request, quote, the autom...

earlier this week potential jurors in washington d. c. in the case of united states america versus donald j trump received preliminary questionnaires about their potential availability for a trial beginning on march 4th, in today donald trumps lawyers filed a motion to block any more preliminary steps in jury selection in that case, and to block everything else in that case, donald trumps lawyers filed a motion this afternoon to request, quote, the automatic state of all district court...

An education system in turmoil.

Eleven new labor unions for undergraduate student-workers entered the fray in 2023 alone, and more are organizing.

Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

Contract negotiations have begun between Cornell and the union that represents graduate teaching assistants, graduate research assistants, research assistants and graduate assistants at the Ithaca, Geneva and Cornell Tech campuses.

The university’s union membership is far lower than other public institutions, including state colleges

More than 23,000 University of Minnesota employees — including adjunct lecturers, medical residents and student workers — will have a clearer path to unionize under a bill moving through the Democratic-controlled Legislature. While most workers form unions based on shared workplaces or similar job duties, state law explicitly circumscribes 13 possible bargaining units for University of Minnesota […] The post Bill would pave the way for more than 23,000 U of M staff and stude...

The biennial Orphans brought films abandoned by their copyright holders to the Museum of the Moving Image this April, a rare opportunity to see forgotten works.

The NYU-produced Orphans gathered scholars, archivists, and preservationists for a range of media obscurities in April 2024.