Tag: labor

For too many Americans, health care workers are out of sight, out of mind.

Only by exercising collective power will more Americans put themselves on the path to financial stability—and help the nation emerge from the COVID-19 crisis stronger than before.

As the COVID-19 death toll mounts, McConnell refuses to advocate for ordinary Americans.

“Remember, news is what the public does not know.”

Yet Trump not only failed to channel existing stimulus funds to hard-hit areas like Dallas but also refused to use his clout to push an acceptable local government aid package through Congress.

In a crisis like that, public servants will rely on the public to stand with them in demanding that officials implement aggressive safety plans and provide the other resources that workers need.

For more than 200 years, ordinary Americans have taken to the streets to oppose injustice and improve their lives. That foundational right has been the basis for real change in the nation.

A long-term infrastructure program is now a national imperative, essential to protect Americans from failing bridges and dams, ensure the steady flow of commerce and jump-start an economy hobbled by COVID-19.

Many Americans must return to work because they need the money, but this doesn’t have to be the case.

Decades of industrial decline left America unprepared for the pandemic. COVID-19 simply caught America flat-footed.