Politics
Lawmakers ready stopgap spending bill: No cuts now, but watch out later
December 18, 2024With just days to go lawmakers plan vote to extend budget for now, avoiding a holiday shutdown of the government but with no promises for a cut-free future.
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NEA opposes Trump pick of McMahon as Education Secretary
December 18, 2024Nation’s largest union mobilizes against choice of boxing mogul to head a department Trump actually wants to kill.
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Trump to shred safety net, even as older Americans already struggle to survive
December 17, 2024The next administration wants to slash the social safety net. That would be devastating for seniors like me.
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CNN reporter Clarissa Ward’s on-air ‘liberation’ of Syrian prisoner exposed as fraud
December 17, 2024The prisoner saved by CNN is actually a former lieutenant of the intelligence services known for extortion cases and for having been responsible for torture sessions.
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Biden: Cries of workers burning in 1911 fire heard in today’s struggles
December 17, 2024Social conscience of Francis Perkins caught fire too, resulting in New Deal and underlying struggles of today.
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