Tag: North America/United States of America

The federal government long ago created various agencies to protect workers’ rights and safety, but Trump turned them into appendages of corporate America.

The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.

The addition of anti-worker Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the right-wing-dominated Supreme Court will help the rich tighten their stranglehold on working people.

While pet foster and adoption rates soar in New York and many parts of the U.S., globally, the situation is much direr.

Although Donald Trump won the White House with a vow to reinvigorate a manufacturing base essential for America’s future, he failed to stanch the torrent of U.S. corporations absconding to countries with abysmal working conditions and lax environmental regulations.

Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out.

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.

In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.

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

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.