US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds right to life-saving abortions, blocks restrictive statutes
Oklahoma Supreme Court's stance on abortion: protecting life-saving procedures amid strict regulations.
Only 1 out of 36 newly elected female representatives in Congress is Republican –...
For legitimate representative governance, each party needs to contain a strong core of elected women. The American government and governing system would be better with more women on each side of the aisle.
Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Coalition asks FCC to stay repeal of 39 percent TV ownership cap
Press freedom groups and unions say only Congress can change the limit, as cable trade groups file their own challenge
The well-heeled and our personal well-being
Do we need, some observers of our fraying social fabric suggest, more people in public life noble enough to champion basic ethical norms?
The State Department suspends Trump’s Muslim ban
The sudden halt of his immigration order has given Trump his first glance as to the limits of his presidential power.
What would a real Opposition Party of the people do?
We know what the real Jesus would do with this government, but how about this?
Overexploitation rates cause decline in yellowfin tuna in Indian Ocean
“Multiple lines of evidence highlight the dire straits of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean.”
Round table on current US foreign policy: Militarism unhinged
How would you assess the most important aspects of current U.S. foreign policy?