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Amazon workers authorize strike at companys first-ever unionized warehouse

Friday, December 13

(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters,...

DOJ announces first-ever federal review of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Tuesday, October 1

(WASHINGTON) -- Over 100 years after a white mob attacked a then-thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Department of Justice announced the first-ever federal probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.The attack on the Greenwood neighborhood, often referred to as "Black Wall Street,"...

Women take to the seas in the first-ever Women’s America’s Cup

Monday, September 30

(NEW YORK) -- Women are taking the helm at the 37th edition of the America's Cup.For the first time in the racing event's storied 173-year history, all-female sailing teams representing longtime participants New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and Switzerland...