Politics

Steel tariffs: Playing Trump’s protectionist game

March 13, 2018 By C.J. Atkins

Labor and progressives should be skeptical of what Trump is putting on the table. He's not thinking of workers' interests with his trade proposals.

Detroit’s Sarah Elizabeth Ray: The Rosa Parks of the Bob-Lo boat

March 13, 2018 By John Dick

Here is the story of “The Rosa Parks of the Bob-Lo Boat.”

Author traces rise of corporate rights above those of citizens

March 12, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

U.S. corporations now have equal – or, it seems, more – constitutional rights than U.S. citizens.

Maine campaign against war and corporate rule nears climax

March 12, 2018 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Maine legislators have a hot potato in their hands, but they don’t seem to be feeling any pain.

Virginia legislature wages battle for Medicaid expansion

March 9, 2018 By Emile Schepers

In some Republican-held districts, poor working class people, including whites who voted for Trump in 2016, are in severe trouble over the issue of health care costs. So supporters of Medicaid expansion have seen a chance...