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VIDEO: Low-Wage Workers Retake National Stage in ‘Fight for 15’

Workers from fast food, health care, and other industries call for fair pay and respect.

December 5th, 2014
Nadia Prupis
December 5th, 2014
By Nadia Prupis

Thousands of workers in several different low-pay industries—including fast food, airlines, and health care—staged protests throughout the country on Thursday to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage, improved benefits, and collective bargaining rights, marking the two-year anniversary of the movement that has come to be known as the Fight for

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Filling the Empty Battlefield

Tom Engelhardt Chalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 — and just about no one noticed.  Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as “the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people.”  In his prologue, […]

April 24th, 2013
Tom Engelhardt
April 24th, 2013
By Tom Engelhardt

Tom EngelhardtChalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 — and just about no one noticed.  Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as “the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people.”  In his

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Austerity: Reports Of Flight Delays As FAA Furloughs Go Into Effect

Commercial airline flights started backing up and delayed some travelers Monday, a day after air traffic controllers started going on furlough because of government spending cuts. Information from the FAA and others showed that flying Sunday was largely uneventful, with most flights on time. There were delays in parts of Florida, but those were caused […]

April 22nd, 2013
Associated Press
April 22nd, 2013
By Associated Press

Commercial airline flights started backing up and delayed some travelers Monday, a day after air traffic controllers started going on furlough because of government spending cuts. Information from the FAA and others showed that flying Sunday was largely uneventful, with most flights on time. There were delays in parts of Florida, but those were

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Lion Air Jet That Crashed Into Sea Must Be Cut Up

A brand new Lion Air jet that slammed into the sea as it tried to land on the Indonesian resort island of Bali over the weekend remains stuck in shallow water and must be cut into pieces for removal, vividly underlining the challenges facing the budget airline as it races to expand in Asia. Authorities […]

April 15th, 2013
Associated Press
April 15th, 2013
By Associated Press

A brand new Lion Air jet that slammed into the sea as it tried to land on the Indonesian resort island of Bali over the weekend remains stuck in shallow water and must be cut into pieces for removal, vividly underlining the challenges facing the budget airline as it races to expand in Asia. Authorities initially planned to tow the Boeing 737-800

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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration

When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event 2014 held since 1878 2014 with money from “corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs,” according to the […]

April 13th, 2013
Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
April 13th, 2013
By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica

When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event 2014 held since 1878 2014 with money from "corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs," according to the Washington

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Indonesian Passenger Jet Carrying 108 People Crashes Into Water Off Bali

An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 108 passengers and crew has crashed into water near Denpasar International Airport.

Early reports said all those on board the Lion Air Boeing 737 were safe. 

Flight 904 reportedly fell short of the runway at Bali‘s Ngurah Rai airport when attempting to land.

Lion was one of several Indonesian airlines banned by the EU in 2007 over poor safety standards.

Pictures of the plane circulating on social media website Twitter show the fuselage cracked and the plane surrounded by rescue craft.

However, passengers arriving at the hospital appeared to have minor injuries.

The Reuters news agency reported that the plane had 172 passengers on board, and that all were safe.

However, the Fairfax media cited Denpasar airport officials as confirming that the plane carried only 108 passengers and crew.

Fairfax cited Eko Diantoro, the general manager from airport operator Angkasa Pura II, as saying Saturday that:

“Based on the information we received, all passengers are in good condition.”



Eko reportedly said there were 101 passengers — 96 adults, five children and one baby — and seven crew members on board the Boeing 737-800 ER jet, which left Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung, at 12:56 p.m. Bandung, West Java, is a popular shopping town.

The flight was due to land at 3:40 p.m. local time, however it crashed into the ocean at 3:35 p.m, 50 meters from the runway, coming to rest inwater about six feet deep.

The plane’s pilot had reported engine troubles, according to some accounts.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation wrote that Lion Air was a leading budget air carrier in Indonesia.

It has 92 planes but last month signed a $24 billion contract with Airbus for
234 A320s, the most valuable commercial order in history.

The second-biggest order was also made by Lion Air in 2011 — $22.4 billion for 230 Boeing jets.

Indonesia had been struggling to improve its civil air safety after a string of deadly accidents, the ABC wrote.

The ban on Lion — which has been involved in five crashes in recent years, amid what Fairfax described as “numerous complaints about its pilots using methamphetamines and attending drug parties” — was progressively lifted, starting in 2009.

Meanwhile, Fairfax cited an Australian surfer who living in Bali as saying that  he had been surfing nearby when the plane had hit the water.

“It sounded like a thunderclap.”

April 13th, 2013
Freya Petersen
April 13th, 2013
By Freya Petersen

An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 108 passengers and crew has crashed into water near Denpasar International Airport. Early reports said all those on board the Lion Air Boeing 737 were safe. Flight 904 reportedly fell short of the runway at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport when attempting to land. Lion was one of several Indonesian airlines

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