By Bob Hennelly

It was just after 4 p.m. on Oct. 8, in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx with school just getting out and the streetscape was filled with kids and parents. It was in that setting that 28-year-old Oscar Belgal, in his Honda CR4, was confronted by masked ICE agents including one with a long gun.

By Joe Maniscalco

This week’s Labor and Healthcare Confidential show featured advocates from both the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Tenants Against Demolition coalition—and the Ain’t I a Woman Campaign fighting to end the 24-hour workday in New York City’s home care industry.

Over the course of the lively hour-long interview with host Marianne Pizzitola we learned once again that the battle to save public housing from privatization and the “No More 24” fight to end round-the-clock shifts for home care workers—as well as the ongoing struggle to protect New York City municipal retiree healthcare from diminishment—are not disparate issues.

By Bob Hennelly

The Guardian is reporting that in the US-Israel's war of choice on Iran, the US has dispatched a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, as President Trump once again threatens that country with annihilation just weeks ahead of the US midterm elections.