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The Taxi Link, July 28: Uber, Verifone and More

Posted on July 30, 2012 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is the talk of the town these days,” taxi leader Haimanot Bizuayehu said of the luxury sedan service that’s in 14 cities and operates in … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link, July 21

Posted on July 23, 2012 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 “If we don’t [organize], I think sooner or later they’re going to do exactly what they want to do, which is take over, and we’re not … Continue reading →

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Taxi Overhaul Approved, Questions Remain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by admin

Listen to the July 14 The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM.  (Listen to Councilmember Mary Cheh discuss the VeriFone contract 30:21 – 33:24) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Last week, the D.C. Council approved an … Continue reading →

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Taxi Drivers Call for Protests Ahead of Council Vote

Posted on July 8, 2012 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (A shorter version of this piece ran in Union City, the AFL-CIO’s regional newsletter; and it was also cited by Slate.) Tuesday, the D.C. … Continue reading →

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D.C.’s Double Standard

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

When it comes to pursuing potential corruption, D.C. has a double standard. Elected officials advocating for the city’s African Americans are scrutinized to within an inch of their lives, while those looking out for the downtown business community largely get … Continue reading →

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Occupy DC Fights to Stop Eviction

Posted on June 6, 2012 by admin

  If evictions continue to be this costly there’s likely to be fewer of them. Tuesday, law enforcement used no less than forty-five officers and thirty vehicles to evict a woman from her house in northeast D.C. For good measure, … Continue reading →

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Banks Don’t Need Homes, People Do: The Case of Deborah Harris

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin

(A shorter version of this piece was published in Union City, the AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council’s newsletter.) A sign in the lobby of JP Morgan Chase’s homeownership office in downtown D.C. read, “Banks don’t need homes, People do!” Sitting … Continue reading →

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D.C.’s Illegitimate Taxi Overhaul

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] In their push to overhaul D.C.’s taxicab industry, District officials are ignoring the pleas of drivers, and the law. According to the D.C. Code, … Continue reading →

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Who Should Be Honored on Memorial Day?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by admin

Listen to IVAW’s Maggie Martin on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “No amount of medals, ribbons or flags can cover the amount of human suffering caused by these wars.” With those words Maggie Martin, … Continue reading →

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D.C. to host International AIDS Conference Amidst City’s Epidemic

Posted on May 25, 2012 by admin

Listen to Larry Bryant on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s been more than twenty years since the International AIDS Conference was last held in the U.S. That’ll change in July when an expected … Continue reading →

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