Trump’s Reelection Bad News For Union Workers
From today’s ABC News: In recent years, the labor movement received a makeover. A surge in organizing and a swell of popularity coincided with the tenure of President Joe Biden,…
Trump’s Conviction Casts Spotlight on Restoring Voting Rights to Felons
From today’s Associated Press: Republican-led states have historically made it difficult for those convicted of a felony to vote or barred it altogether. Now the Republicans’ presumptive nominee for president,…
Election Officials in Every Swing State Say There’s No Evidence of Voter Fraud
From today’s Newsweek: Election officials in 49 states, including swing states crucial to the victory of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, have all publicly stated that they’ve seen no evidence of…
John (“Bomb Iran”) Bolton, the New Warmonger in the White House
From today’s The New Yorker Magazine: Hawks are closing in on the White House. John Bolton, arguably the most abrasive American diplomat of the twenty-first century, will soon assume the…
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Tariffs bad news for American economy, including workers and consumers
From today’s The Hill: There’s never a good time for tariffs. American workers and consumers will pay dearly for the Trump administration’s short-sighted action to protect an industry that shows…
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Will Trump’s Tariffs Help or Hurt American Workers? Contrasting Views
From the New York Times: The Case for Trump’s Tariffs and ‘America First’ Economics By DANIEL McCARTHY In his campaign, Donald Trump stressed “America First” economic nationalism. But in his…
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Trump appointees, this time in USDA, continue to violate federal ethics laws
From today’s New York Times by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi: At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture,…
Health Secretary Resigns After Drawing Fire for Expensive Chartered Flights
From today’s New York Times by Peter Baker: Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure on Friday after racking up at least $400,000 in travel bills…
By Pulling Out on Paris, Trump’s Policy “America First” Means “America Last”
Today President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord signed by his predecessor President Barack Obama less than two years ago. At the…
Bribe Cases, Secret Jared Kushner Partner, Potential Conflicts of Interest
From today’s New York Times by Jesse Drucker It was the summer of 2012, and Jared Kushner was headed downtown. His family’s real estate firm, the Kushner Companies, would spend…