Southern Progressives

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March 27, 2023

National News:

Israeli unions launch strike, upping pressure on Netanyahu

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Workers from a range of sectors in Israel launched a nationwide strike on Monday, threatening to paralyze the economy as they joined a surging protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary .

https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-politics-legal-overhaul-protests-a61c758ad1e523d38006b3e0ea972be2

'There's nothing left': Deep South tornadoes kill 26

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour.

https://apnews.com/article/tornado-texas-severe-weather-mississippi-valley-65e553e6358b56b2630ff5c588850505

Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal 'right-to-work' law

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature.

https://apnews.com/article/right-to-work-repeal-michigan-democrats-b4304a2780909d37e76f211c7b070a6b

Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president's Florida estate.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-grand-jury-justice-department-623428540a6cff1b5dcdf697cdf45b5d

State News:

'Deeply concerned and disturbed;' Tennessee NAACP demands release of kids taken after traffic stop – Tennessee Lookout

MANCHESTER, Tenn. — Leaders of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP on Friday issued a public demand for the release of five Black children taken from their parents after a misdemeanor traffic stop in rural Tennessee last month, saying they were “deeply concerned and disturbed” by the events. The civil rights organization, joined by […]

https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/03/25/deeply-concerned-and-disturbed-tennessee-naacp-demands-investigation-release-of-children-taken-after-traffic-stop/