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Over 100 members of Congress call on President Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide Join with 38 Senators in Urging White House to Reject Turkey’s Gag-Rule against Honest American Remembrance of this Crime WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 107 U.S. House Members Wednesday called on President Biden to “clearly and directly recognize the Armenian Genocide” in his upcoming April 24 statement, ending Turkey’s foreign gag-rule against honest U.S. remembrance of this crime, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. “We thank Congressman Schiff, his colleagues in the leader...

Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, part of one of the world’s largest wholesale distribution centers, have been striking since Jan. 17. Contract negotiations between workers and management broke down two weeks ago, Gothamist reports. Union members asked for a $1 per hour raise plus greater health coverage; owners countered with a 32-cents-per-hour wage increase, plus an additional 60 cents per hour going to health coverage. At that point, nearly 1,400 workers walked off the job. Charles Machadio, a trustee with the union, told Gothamist that the workers, who distribute ...