WMed Resident Workers Announce Strike Action, and More

The Residents and Fellows Union at WMed is threatening strike action after being stonewalled by the WMU administration on wage increases.

 

Kzoo County Democrats vote unanimously for an arms embargo resolution towards Israel in response to the genocide in Gaza and journalists at NowKalamazoo expose AI driven fake news in Kalamazoo.

 

At the state level we look at a BridgeMI article examining how recent Trump administration cuts will effect Michigan libraries and look at some barbs from Elissa Slotkin at the "activist" wing of the Democratic Party after being questioned on how she is standing up to Trump.

 

Columbia University have caved into demands from the Trump administration to restore their funding, a court ruling could have chilling implications for the civil rights of trans people, and we conclude with stories on how journalists in Gaza have faced violence from the IDF.

 

01:25- 12:20 WMed Resident Medical Workers Announce Strike Action

 

12:25- 19:00 Kzoo County Democrats Pass Arms Embargo Resolution Against Israel

 

20:15- 29:30 NowKalamazoo Exposes Local News Scam

 

29:55- 37:50 Trump Admin Defunding Rural Michigan Libraries

 

38:00- 49:00 Centrist Elissa Slotkin Throws Stones at Progressives in a Glass House

 

49:40- 56:20 Columbia Caves In to Trump

 

56:25- 1:03:50 9th Circuit Court Upholds Trans "Bathroom Ban"

 

1:04:50- 1:10:00 Journalists Under Fire in Gaza

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

WMed residents, fellow physicians announce strike after negotiations stall
https://wwmt.com/news/local/wmed-residents-fellow-physicians-announce-strike-homer-stryker-aft-cio-bronson-methodist-hospital

 

Bad ‘news’: Mysteries, misrepresentation, and misinformation
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/03/bad-news-mysteries-misrepresentation-and-misinformation

 

Michigan rural libraries brace for hit from Trump order targeting spending
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-rural-libraries-brace-hit-trump-order-targeting-spending

 

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says her job is to be more than just an ‘activist’ against Trump
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/sen-elissa-slotkin-says-her-job-is-to-be-more-than-just-an-activist-against-trump.html

 

Law Prof. Katherine Franke Accuses Columbia of Empowering Trump by Agreeing to $400M “Ransom Note”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/24/katherine_franke_columbia_university

 

9th Circuit Upholds Bathroom Ban, Says Trans Students Violate Cis People's Privacy
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/9th-circuit-upholds-bathroom-ban

 

Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Brutally Beaten in Mob Attack by Israeli Settlers
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/25/hamdan_ballal_no_other_land_settlers

 

Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on “Hit List” Before His Death
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/25/hussam_shabat_journalist_killed_gaza