Tag: media
For media, giving in to debt limit blackmail was a triumph...
When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.
The move toward a four-day workweek obscures low pay
Of course Americans deserve to work fewer hours. But unless the move to a four-day workweek is accompanied by a massive pay raise, it merely frees up time to work more.
Republicans want to defund our libraries
Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.
The game-changing promise of an OTC birth control pill
The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women’s bodily autonomy and economic independence.
A new Republican assault on children: Overturning labor laws
It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing.
The real reason Disney is defying DeSantis
A corporation does not have morals—it has a bottom line. Disney’s lawsuit against Florida is more about being able to reap profits while underpaying workers than it is about protecting LGBTQ communities.
Michigan opens the door to restoring union power
For the first time in nearly 60 years, a state is poised to reverse its “right to work” law and begin to undo the damage of a corporate-driven anti-union trend.
What Kevin Alexander Gray taught me
The late civil rights activist and author didn’t let elected officials off the hook, no matter how liberal. He understood the importance of intersectionality and what it takes to achieve progressive change.
Why student debt cancellation is reasonable, not radical
The right has narrowed the parameters of discussion on student debt forgiveness, and President Biden is not fighting back aggressively enough. We should, in fact, center the idea of fairness in this debate.
How GOP lawmakers are putting teen workers in harm’s way
“Why would you want to weaken the law when you can see companies already taking advantage?”
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NOAA: 2025 Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be above normal with 13 to 19...
NOAA predicts a 60 percent chance of it being “above normal,” a 30 percent chance of it being near normal and a 10 percent chance that it will be below normal.
No shelter left as Israeli forces displace 180,000 Palestinians in ten days
A renewed wave of Israeli bombings and ground offensives has displaced 180,000 people in 10 days, with schools, homes, and designated “safe zones” turned into mass graves—many funded by U.S. weapons and shielded by diplomatic silence.
Images of Gaza’s starving babies have gone round the world. This is what malnutrition...
Between April 2025 and March 2026, there will be 71,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five, including 14,100 severe cases.
Beyond revoking the New Deal, MAGA Trumpism reignites the Civil War, thus must defame...
This herd of minority deplorables defines a gang of spoiled brats, outraged whenever told NO! What extremist doesn’t want power they think will serve selfish, private, undemocratic needs, values and interests?
Systematic abuse: Israeli soldiers and officers detail widespread use of Palestinians as human shields...
Multiple Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians have confirmed to the Associated Press that the Israeli military has routinely used Palestinians as human shields during the war on Gaza, despite international bans and longstanding denials from the IDF.