Thursday, January 16, 2025

American workers are not happy

Americans clearly are working harder and longer and better. The solution is to change the system, which is stacked against workers.

‘Shame on Uber:’ Drivers on strike worldwide protesting ‘poverty wages’

"This is an act of solidarity with drivers across the country, and really across the world, who are suffering with poverty wages."

‘Big attack on working people:’ Trump moves to redefine poverty in order to slash...

"A novel way to take health care etc. away from people AND make it look like there are fewer poor people – change the formula."

The growth of popular democracy

Democracy has been hijacked by "the economy" – twinned with capitalism and the "free market," and corrupted thereby.

How climate change will affect real lives — now and in the future

To better understand future climate projections, let’s look at how they may play out in the life of someone born in 2000.

Study: Major media outlets’ Twitter accounts amplify false Trump claims on average 19 times...

News outlets are still failing to grapple with a major problem that media critics highlighted during the Trump transition.

The real reason American workers have it so hard

No wonder they’re unhappy. The system is working against them.

Championing female voters as powerful ‘Supermajority,’ organizers launch movement to fight for women’s agenda

"In many ways, women have been doing all this work – whether it's running their PTA, or organizing around reproductive healthcare – but we haven't been doing it together."

Maine becomes latest state to ditch Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

There has been a growing movement to change the name of Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1934.

Fox’s Brian Kilmeade calls for armed worshipers after California synagogue mass shooting

Kilmeade: "I think you have to go ready to defend yourself, ready to defend the congregation who are going there."