Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. Given the intense focus during her final years on whether she was wrong to stay in the Senate when it appeared she was no longer able to do the job, it’s easy to forget what a forward-thinking trailblazer she was. In …
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The United Auto Workers went on strike against the Big Three car manufacturers earlier this month. The historic labor stoppage could have broad ramifications for the economy, the labor movement, and beyond — but it’s already having an impact on the 2024 presidential election. Donald Trump, who has long been …
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As a government shutdown that could affect millions of Americans looms over Congress, House Republicans are busy launching their impeachment inquiry circus against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee held its first hearing of their official impeachment inquiry investigation of as-yet-unproven allegations of “abuse of power, obstruction, …
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BEAVERTON, Ore. —A staple gun goes thwack-thwack as a union member secures “UAW ON STRIKE” posters to wooden pickets, placing them in a bucket beneath a pop-up rain shelter. I’m standing in front of a Chrysler parts distribution center on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. This warehouse — which services …
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President Joe Biden traveled to Wayne, Michigan, on Tuesday to speak with striking autoworkers. It’s the first time in history a sitting president has joined a union picket line. “Wall Street didn’t build this country,” Biden told a crowd of gathered workers. “The middle class built this country.” “The unions …
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A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday shows President Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump by 10 percentage points nationally, though that number is “probably an outlier” in part due to other recent polls showing a tight contest, as the Post notes. Still, Biden’s disapproval rating remains relatively high, as shown …
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House Republican leadership is sure of one thing: they’d like to start the impeachment process against Joe Biden. What’s less clear is what they’d like to impeach him over. In his first comments to the press about the impeachment inquiry launched this week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke about “a picture …
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The United Auto Workers want the Big Three automakers to share the wealth. The powerful union went on strike on Thursday after making aggressive demands including big raises and a restoration of old benefits. It’s the first time in history the UAW has gone on strike against the three manufacturing …
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A new presidential election cycle is heating up, and Bernie Sanders finds himself in an unfamiliar position: on the sidelines. The independent senator from Vermont, who rallied millions of progressive supporters behind his bids in 2016 and 2020, is not making a run for the White House in 2024. Instead, …
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We are Armenian. We are the descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors, and we do not want to be talking about the recognition or commemoration of yet another genocide in the future. Since December of last year, Azerbaijan has blockaded the only lifeline between the indigenous Christian Armenians of Artsakh (also …
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