Seth Uzman

Sep 27, 2023 | ricethresher.org | Zach Katz |Anna Rajagopal |Seth Uzman |Hannah Thalenberg

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Aug 30, 2023 | dsausa.org | Seth Uzman

August 30, 2023 by Seth UzmanGeorge Floyd may have been murdered in Minneapolis, but he came from Houston, Texas, and his hometown has returned to the streets as Houstonians agitate for justice after another racist police murder.

Jul 12, 2023 | popularresistance.org | Seth Uzman |Labor Notes

Above Photo: Locked-out Ascension Seton Medical Center nurses in Austin, Texas, confront a representative of the hospital’s administration on June 28. National Nurses United. Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out.

Mar 23, 2023 | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Seth Uzman |Austin McCoy |Sharon Zhang

As new footage is released about the shocking killing of Irvo Otieno inside a hospital in Virginia, we speak with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Otieno’s family. Surveillance video shows seven sheriff’s deputies and three hospital workers violently pinned Otieno to the floor and piled on him for more than 11 minutes, suffocating him. New video released Wednesday reveals at least one officer had also repeatedly punched Otieno earlier that day.

Jan 30, 2023 | truthout.org | Chris Walker |Mike Ludwig |Seth Uzman |Sasha Abramsky

A newly elected Republican congressman recently sent weapons of war as gifts to his fellow lawmakers. Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida), a freshman lawmaker who was sworn into office earlier this month, sent grenades that were manufactured in his home district as “welcome” presents to other GOP members of Congress. An accompanying letter noted that the weapons are “inert.”“It is my pleasure to give you a 40mm grenade, made for a Mk19 grenade launcher.