Texas is the Voter Suppression State
From today’s New York Times: For those of you keeping track of the “As Texas goes, so goes the nation” notion, I have either very good or very bad news.…
CBO estimates shutdown cost $11 billion, $3 billion won’t be recovered
From today’s ABC News Online: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the longest-running government shutdown in U.S. history came at a price. It cost the economy $11 billion, with…
Why does Congress allow contractors to exploit immigrants in detention?
From today’s New York Times: There are more than 48,000 people being held in immigrant detentionin more than 200 facilities in the United States. More than two-thirds of them, according…
This workplace perk could make it easier to save for emergencies
From today’s CNBC News: If your car breaks down or you get sick, do you have enough money saved to cover the unexpected expense? If you’re like many Americans, the…
Want to Close the Pay Gap? Pay Transparency Will Help
From today’s New York Times: Here’s what we know about salary transparency: Workers are more motivated when salaries are transparent. They work harder, they’re more productive, and they’re better at…
LAUSD teachers union and school district reach tentative deal to end strike
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles teachers are poised to end their first strike in 30 years after union leaders reached a tentative deal Tuesday with the L.A. Unified…
MLK’s Final Speech on #WorkRights during Memphis sanitation strike
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968, the day before he was…
Thousands of Furloughed Federal Workers File for Unemployment Benefits
From today’s New York Times: On the second day of the year, Danielle Miller gave up on the federal government. Furloughed from her Internal Revenue Service job near Cincinnati and…
New York legislature passes major overhaul of outdated voting laws
From today’s edition of The Hill: New York’s state legislature on Monday passed a package of election and voting reform measures aimed at overhauling one of the most restrictive regimes…
First teachers’ strike in 30 years leaves half a million L.A. students in limbo
From today’s Los Angeles Times: With umbrellas in one hand and picket signs in the other, Los Angeles teachers braved cold, drizzly weather Monday morning as they walked off the…