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Trump defends economy as prices rise, approval sinks, and deregulation alarms...
Primetime address clashes with polling, tariff costs, healthcare pressures, and warnings of renewed financial risk.
Sanders blasts Tesla’s $1 trillion payday for Elon Musk
A shareholder proposal to grant Musk unprecedented wealth comes as inequality widens, taxes on corporations shrink, and workers face mounting economic strain.
Unemployment insurance isn’t holding back the economy. Inequality is.
If policy makers want to get people back to work, they need to make our economy work for people.
‘Happy Labor Day everyone!’: Millions lose unemployment aid on worker holiday
The loss of federal unemployment assistance at this moment "will be a double whammy of hardship" for the unemployed and their families.
Yes we need the $1.9 trillion stimulus: Real unemployment is 3...
Reliance on part-timers, erosion of the minimum wage, attacks on unions all have served to depress working class wages.
Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan: $400 unemployment boost, $1,400 checks, and...
“Congress should immediately move to pass President-elect Biden’s plan,” said Claire Guzdar of the Groundwork Collaborative. “And we can’t stop there.”
‘Gratuitously cruel’: Outrage as GOP tries to prevent people on unemployment...
“Funny enough, they never take issue with doubling down on corporate bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy.”
New bill proposes stopping unemployment agencies that make mistakes from demanding...
State unemployment agencies have been demanding recipients repay thousands of dollars, even if the agency made the mistake and the money’s already been spent, but legislators are trying to end it.
Senate proposes almost $700 billion for the Pentagon while millions of...
With the current unemployment rate reaching roughly 6.8 million and nearly 8 million Americans facing eviction, the government should be focusing on its citizens and not a defense budget.
Screwing with the unemployment statistics
Time for a little truth about the economic crisis.
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Trump’s Greenland takeover push draws scrutiny after Davos speech confusion and pressure campaign on...
At the World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump called for “immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland, ruled out using force, and repeatedly referred to the territory as “Iceland,” fueling international backlash and renewed questions about his conduct and strategy.
Experts warn Minnesota crackdown mirrors early stages of US civil war scenarios
Legal scholars and political scientists say the Trump administration’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state federal conflict.
Minnesota labor and communities move toward historic general strike amid ICE occupation of the...
A rapidly expanding coalition of unions, immigrant organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses is calling for a statewide economic shutdown on January 23 as opposition intensifies to ICE’s presence and tactics in Minnesota.
ICE memo claims power to force entry into homes without judicial warrants, triggering Fourth...
A leaked internal ICE memo obtained by the Associated Press asserts that agents may forcibly enter private homes using only administrative warrants, prompting whistleblower disclosures, congressional scrutiny, and warnings that the policy represents a covert attempt to bypass core constitutional protections.
Big Tech faces first social media addiction trial
The major social media addiction trials are being compared to historic litigation against big tobacco and opioid manufacturers, with potential for billions in damages and forced changes to platform designs.