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NYC Nurses' Strike Enters 10th Day; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line
Democracy Now • Jan 21, 2026

NYC Nurses' Strike Enters 10th Day; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line

The largest nurses’ strike in New York City history has reached its 10th day, as negotiations stall. Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are fighting for a contract that includes higher pay, a staffing increase to manage patients, improved benefits and workplace protections against violence. Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the picket line at Mount Sinai West Tuesday with the New York State Nurses Association. “This is a fight for our patients,” says Michelle Gonzalez, a nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, who notes one of the nurses’ priorities in contract negotiations “is to have ICE officers not be allowed into our facilities.”

US shale production set to plateau
Semafor • Jan 21, 2026

US shale production set to plateau

Flagging prospects have pushed domestic firms to seek out opportunities in new markets such as Australia and Venezuela.

As Trump Threatens to Take Greenland, Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom
Democracy Now • Jan 21, 2026

As Trump Threatens to Take Greenland, Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom

World leaders are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum — which has turned into an emergency summit over President Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. This comes as Oxfam International has released a report finding economic inequality creates “fertile ground for increased authoritarianism.” Amitabh Behar, executive director of Oxfam International, says “the entire multilateral structure seems not just fragile, it’s broken.”

Facing Possible Arrest, Minnesota Lawyer Defends Protest at Church Whose Pastor Is Top ICE Official
Democracy Now • Jan 21, 2026

Facing Possible Arrest, Minnesota Lawyer Defends Protest at Church Whose Pastor Is Top ICE Official

We speak with activist, civil rights attorney and ordained minister Nekima Levy Armstrong about her role in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday, where one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also leads a local ICE field office in the Twin Cities area. “I believe that if someone professes to represent the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to preach it, that they should not be allowing ICE agents to drag people out of their homes,” Levy Armstrong tells Democracy Now! She spoke from an undisclosed location after Trump officials vowed to investigate and possibly arrest the demonstrators.

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