We ve lost a lot of abuelitos : COVID conspiracy theories loom over Houston s hardest-hit group
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Volunteer Adilene Ramirez hands out fliers with information about COVID-19 and the vaccine to people who show up for a weekly food distribution Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in New Caney. Texas Familias Council put in efforts to encourage Latinos, many of whom showed up for the food distribution, to get vaccinated and distribute accurate information about the pandemic amid some skepticism and misinformation about the coronavirus.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Volunteers Esveidy Norberto, from left, Alec Jordan and Steve Jordan load packages of food into people s trunk at a weekly food distribution Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in New Caney. The distribution was a partnership between Texas Familias Council and Abundant Harvest Kitchen.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Workers leave the Tyson s Fresh Meat plant on Nov. 19 in Waterloo. Brandon Pollock, Lee Newspapers
WATERLOO â Iowa leaders are drafting legislation to enhance worker protections at the Tyson plant in Waterloo and elsewhere, they announced Monday at a virtual forum.
The legislation would give protection to whistleblowers, establish more collective bargaining rights, implement premium pay, sick leave and medical leave and shield workers from company cuts, said state Rep. Ras Smith. He said the legislation would require the state s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop mandatory standards for workplaces during COVID-19. Here, now, we have to retract immunity for Tyson, Smith said. They ve shown that malice and negligence is pervasive in the culture. No longer can the state of Iowa give cover to bad actors. No longer can the state of Iowa protect bad actors at the cost of Iowa workers lives.
As Biden Makes Immigration Reform Push, Activists Double Down on Accountability
On 1/25/21 at 5:12 PM EST
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Despite liking what they were hearing about the dual track the administration was on in terms of comprehensive legislation as well as executive actions, Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, told Biden they would hold him accountable. This came despite Biden exhorting the group not to get on his case because Donald Trump s late-stage impeachment trial was an unexpected use of the Senate s time during the precious first 100 days of the president s term.
The focus on accountability continued Monday, with some of the top immigration organizations in the country joining forces with labor groups to launch the We Are Home campaign, which will be helmed by Nathaly Arriola, a former Obama administration official who led the Need to Impeach campaign against Trump.
Some new executive orders impact education services
New president gives education early attention By Randi Hildreth | January 21, 2021 at 8:37 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 8:37 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - President Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders in the first 24 hours in office. Several of the new action items deal with student education services.
“Typically on Inauguration Day, you would have a a whole bunch of Inauguration balls. You wouldn’t typically see a president sign so many executive actions,” said Peter Jones, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at UAB.
The long list of executive orders includes actions that impact both current and former students.
CEDAR RAPIDS A proposal resulting from a collaboration between city and community leaders and independent experts to form a citizens’ police review board will come for approval Tuesday to the Cedar Rapids City Council, advancing a key demand from racial justice advocates.
The council will consider an ordinance for creating a panel that would hold local law enforcement more accountable and deepen ties to the community, especially with underrepresented groups.
Creating a review board was one of seven demands that local group Advocates for Social Justice put forth in June after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, which sparked civil unrest across the nation.