Democrats must make voting reform nonnegotiable for the next stimulus bill
From today’s Vox News Online: The political climate in the US is tumultuous. The Covid-19 pandemic hangs over everything even as a dozen other issues — an oil crisis, a…
From today’s Vox News Online: The political climate in the US is tumultuous. The Covid-19 pandemic hangs over everything even as a dozen other issues — an oil crisis, a…
From today’s Washington Post: Major supermarket chains are beginning to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths, leading to store closures and increasing anxiety among grocery workers as the pandemic intensifies…
From today’s New York Times: The Summer Olympics are delayed. March Madness was canceled. Even the pope celebrated Palm Sunday Mass before a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica. But in…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: New coronavirus laws provide a litany of benefits to the self-employed, freelancers and workers in the gig economy. But what are the benefits, and how…
From today’s CNN Online: The last three weeks have marked one of the most devastating periods in history for the American job market, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits have…
From today’s New York Times: Fears are growing that the global downturn could be far more punishing and long lasting than initially feared — potentially enduring into next year, and…
From today’s CNBC News Online: The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package President Donald Trump signed into law Friday significantly expands unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans. The law pays laid-off and…
From NPR News Online: Some Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Instacart’s grocery delivery workers nationwide walked off their jobs on Monday. They are demanding stepped-up protection and…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Struck by a severe drop in travel demand, California’s hotel industry is expected to lose more than 125,000 jobs in the next few weeks, more…
From today’s New York Times: Both the irony and the symbolism were evident as members of the California Future of Work Commission gathered in a virtual meeting, hastily rescheduled in…