Tuesday, November 10, 2026

The true shocking driver of crime in America

So how does inequality provoke criminality?

FIFA Executives Indicted on International Corruption Charges

The defendants face maximum terms of 20 years in prison for the RICO conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering, and obstruction of justice charges. Did they get what they deserved?

2024 word of the year: Genocide (as in, Gaza)

Many of those contesting the charge of genocide against Israel do not understand the current technical definition of the term.
An Amazon Prime delivery van parked on a residential street in Queens, New York. Photo: Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Teamsters accuse Amazon and 13 subcontractors of skipping New York’s layoff notice law

The union puts the unpaid back wages at up to $11 million as a City Council bill to make Amazon hire its drivers directly reaches 34 sponsors

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?

Starbucks faces NLRB action over union-linked store closures

Making workers whole for work missed," NLRB demands Starbucks reopen closed stores.

Senate Democrats demand Alito recusal over display of flags linked to January 6 insurrection

Top Senate Democrats are urging Chief Justice Roberts to support their call for Justice Samuel Alito's recusal from Trump-related cases, citing concerns over his impartiality due to his display of controversial flags associated with the January 6 insurrection.

Mass action planned at heart of Joe Manchin’s coal empire

"Joe Manchin clearly has no plan other than more of the same for the future of West Virginia," said one organizer. "More of the same maltreatment and exploitation of the poorest people in this country."
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Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats should ignore the Senate Parliamentarian and pass $15 minimum wage...

“I don’t know any part of this country where someone can survive on $7.25.”

Indigenous resistance rising as Thanksgiving turns 400

Native communities are resilient, organized, and rising up.