• Amazon to Pay $61.7 Million to Flex Drivers Whose Tips Were Withheld

    Amazon will pay over $61.7 million dollars to the Federal Trade Commission following an investigation that revealed that for two and a half years the company failed to pay Amazon Flex drivers the full amount of tips they earned from Amazon customers. The $61.7 million will be returned to...
  • Amazon deberá pagar $61.7 Millones a conductores Flex cuya propina fue retenida

    Amazon pagará más de $61.7 millones de dólares a la Comisión Federal de Comercio, a consecuencia de una investigación que reveló que durante dos años y medio la compañía no pagó a los conductores de Amazon Flex la cantidad total de propinas que ganaron de los clientes de Amazon....
  • New Mexico Legislators to Hear Climate Solutions Act

    SANTA FE, N.M. – Supporters of New Mexico’s Climate Solutions Act, to be heard at the Roundhouse this week, say it could set a national precedent with its emphasis on creating a “just” economic transition to clean energy. Noah Long, director of the West’s Climate and Clean Energy Program for...
  • Legisladores de Nuevo México escucharán la Ley de Soluciones Climáticas

    SANTA FE, N.M. — Los partidarios de la Ley de Soluciones Climáticas de Nuevo México, que serán escuchados esta semana en la Rotonda, dicen que podrían sentar un precedente nacional con su énfasis en crear una transición económica “justa” hacia la energía limpia. Noah Long es director del Programa de Energía...
  • Pandemic Spurs Efforts to Promote “Food Justice” in California

    LOS ANGELES — The fight against “food apartheid” in California got a boost this week as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to create a Food Justice Roundtable to explore ways to reduce hunger and make healthy food more accessible. One program doing just that is called Market...
  • EL PROGRAMA INTERNET ESSENTIALS AUMENTA SUS BENEFICIOS A FAMILIAS CON BAJOS RECURSOS

    Internet Essentials, el programa de adopción de internet banda ancha para familias con bajos recursos más grande del país, aumentará su velocidad a 50/5 Mbps para todos los usuarios nuevos y existentes sin costo adicional y acelerará la implementación de las Lift Zones en los centros comunitarios para alcanzar las 1000 ubicaciones...
  • Executive Order Leaves Immigrants in Private Prisons

    NEW YORK — Immigrant advocates say President Joe Biden’s executive order to end the use of private prisons is an important first step, but more needs to be done. The executive order, issued during the first week of Biden’s presidency, directs the Department of Justice not to renew its contracts...
  • Orden Ejecutiva Deja Inmigrantes en Prisiones Privadas

    NUEVA YORK – Defensores de inmigrantes dicen que la orden ejecutiva de Joe Biden para terminar el uso de prisiones privadas es un primer paso importante, pero se tiene que hacer más. La orden ejecutiva, publicada durante la primera semana de la presidencia de Biden, ordena al Departamento de...
  • Private Immigration Prisons Not Included in Biden Ban

    TACOMA, Wash. — President Joe Biden signed an executive order this week ending the federal use of private prisons, but the order does not include privately run immigration facilities, like the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Formerly known as the Northwest Detention Center, the facility is run by GEO Group...
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