Immigration crackdown sparks Silicon Valley protests
“We hope the event not only sends a message, but creates new opportunities for the low-wage, largely immigrant subcontractors.”
New Massachusetts ‘Tax the Rich’ law raises $1.5 billion for public good
The amendment, applying a 4 percent annual surtax to individuals with incomes over $1 million, was passed via a statewide ballot initiative in 2022.
‘Break up Big Ag,’ says Sanders after egg giant posts 718% profit increase
Sanders joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Katie Porter, and others in questioning Cal-Maine Foods' claim that an avian flu outbreak is to blame for soaring egg prices.
Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
Moore is less: Alabama, the Senate and the nation will suffer
As the special election approaches, Republicans abandon morality for power.
A Corporate Apostate
Not only did Mark Bertolini, corporate chief of the health insurance giant Aetna, increase the company's lowest wage to $16 an hour and improve health benefits, he publicly revealed that these increases aren’t as financially painful as other corporate conglomerates claim.
It’s never been about the Second Amendment. It’s about corporate profits.
Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests – like gun sales.
Time to solve the student debt crisis
This is the kind of issue that progressives should aim to solve.
Democratic legislators send scathing letter to Amazon inquiring about employee deaths
“Amazon has proven time and time again that it views workers as disposable means to achieving greater profits.”
Police Chief overdosed on drugs taken from department evidence room
The fentanyl and cocaine were reportedly being held as evidence in other cases when Hughes illegally obtained them.