Biden’s back door to wage hikes
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
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Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.
‘Hard to love it’: Modest job gains leave lingering doubts about recovery
The figure will provide some relief to the White House after the April report, but it’s well short of the pace predicted by many economists earlier this year.
News roundup: Trump, McConnell, and Toyota all slug it out to see which is the lowest of the low
In the news today: The Trump Organization has a final chance to avoid having charges filed against it for the company’s shady financial dealings. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell attempts to take infrastructure hostage. And speaking of McConnell, we also learn—confirm—that he put keeping control of the Senate over any concern about the country. Toyota says it isn’t going to stop giving money to insurrectionist Republican lawmakers.
William Barr’s Own Words About Trump Come Back To Haunt Him In Damning Supercut
Former attorney general gets caught trying to rewrite his own history when it comes to Trump’s election lies.
‘Your eyes tell the story of your family’: Sesame Street talks racism and anti-Asian bias
Having difficulty talking to your children about the rising anti-Asian violence across the country? Well, Sesame Street has got you covered. Amid the bullying many Asian American children are facing, Sesame Street has created content to help parents and children talk about why it’s wrong to make comments on one’s appearance. Additionally, the video featuring a child who experiences bullying also reminds children that they should be proud of what they look like.
‘Mace Her!’: Woman Accused Of Filming Capitol Attack On NYT Photographer Is Arrested
Sandra Weyer of Pennsylvania reportedly went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 on a bus organized by GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s campaign.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs into law Agricultural Workers’ Rights bill
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed into law a sweeping bill expanding the rights of Colorado’s farmworkers, including minimum wage and overtime benefits. For nearly a century now, many farmworkers have been intentionally excluded from basic protections. This legislation now begins to correct this injustice for farmworkers in the state.
‘You Can’t F**king Talk To Me That Way!’ Trump Yelled At Gen. Milley Amid Protests, Book Says
Trump and the Joint Chiefs of Staff leader went at each other in a tense meeting amid Black Lives Matter marches, according to excerpts from a WSJ writer’s book.
It’s past time for the U.S. to rethink its approach to the refugee resettlement program
This story was originally published at Prism.
by Ahmed Al Tamimi
Over the past four years, President Donald Trump and his administration have worked tirelessly to dismantle the Refugee Act, a 40-year-old federal program that provided systematic and comprehensive resettlement provisions.
ICE failed to get immigrant experiencing chest pains to hospital. He died in custody
BuzzFeed News has obtained an as-of-yet unpublished inspector general report finding that an immigrant who had been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody for more than a year died of a heart attack when the privately operated facility he had been held at failed to get him to a hospital for proper medical attention. Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi, is operated by private prison profiteer CoreCivic.
Nancy Pelosi Unveils Legislation Creating Select Committee On U.S. Capitol Riot
The House speaker is considering tapping a Republican to join her appointees to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Trump Rips Mitch McConnell For Not Being Loyal Enough To Keep Him President
The former president also falsely claimed that the Senate Republican leader has not been able to stop Democrats from passing legislation.
It’s Finally Clear Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods
The health food chain that transformed the grocery industry is helping the corporate behemoth that transformed all the others.
Help! I Think My Father Is Dating His Dead Wife’s Sister.
I cannot help but find it appalling and disturbing.
Democracies Don’t Try to Make Everyone Agree
“I’ve read Karl Marx. I’ve read Lenin. That doesn’t make me a Communist.” — General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking to the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday“He’s not just a pig—he’s stupid.”— Tucker Carlson, Fox News television host, describing MilleyBack in the 1980s, comparative-literature majors at my university had to take a required course in literary theory.
The Most Important Housing Reform in America Has Come to the South
To a fast-growing city where too many residents can’t get ahead.
“Setback for Unions”: Farmworkers Fought to Allow Unions Access During Breaks. Supreme Court Says No.
The Supreme Court has ruled 6 to 3 that a California labor law violated the constitutional rights of property owners by giving union organizers access to workers on privately owned farms during their work breaks.
Should Justice Breyer Retire? Adam Cohen Says 82-Year-Old Can Prevent 7-2 Conservative Majority
We speak with legal writer and author Adam Cohen about the growing question of whether liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer should step down so that he can be replaced while there is a Democratic president and Senate. Justice Breyer is 82 and the oldest member of the high court.
Mike Gravel RIP: Watch the Senator’s Stunning 2007 Speech on How He Made the Pentagon Papers Public
Mike Gravel, former presidential candidate and Democratic U.S. senator from Alaska, has died at the age of 91. We look at how, in the 1970s, Gravel was fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War and the draft and played a seminal role in the release of the Pentagon Papers, the 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam.
Attorney: U.S. Case Against Julian Assange Falls Apart, as Key Witness Says He Lied to Get Immunity
One of the main witnesses in Julian Assange’s extradition case has admitted he made false claims against Assange in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a bombshell revelation that could have a major impact on the WikiLeaks founder’s fate. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if brought to the U.S., where he was indicted for violations of the Espionage Act related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes.
Why No One Is Sure If Delta Is Deadlier
The coronavirus is on a serious self-improvement kick. Since infiltrating the human population, SARS-CoV-2 has splintered into hundreds of lineages, with some seeding new, fast-spreading variants. A more infectious version first overtook the OG coronavirus last spring, before giving way to the ultra-transmissible Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant. Now Delta (B.1.617.2), potentially the most contagious contender to date, is poised to usurp the global throne.
There’s No Good Way to Protect the Presidency Anymore
When President Joe Biden announced in the weeks before his inauguration that he was committed to reestablishing an independent Justice Department, he didn’t say that it was going to be easy.
World War II’s Lesson for After the Pandemic
On June 14, 1940, the day the German army invaded and occupied Paris, a small group of scientists marched to the White House with grave news for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. U.S. military technology, they said, was utterly unprepared to take on the Axis powers. They urged the president to create a new agency—a dream team of techies and scientists—to help win the war.
Dear Care and Feeding: Are Sleep Consultants for Babies a Total Scam?
Parenting advice on sleep consultants, dessert, and consent.
The Miami Building Collapse Is a Warning
Waiting to trace the exact lines of causation misses the point.
How to Make Peter Thiel Pay Taxes on His Shady $5 Billion Roth IRA
It’s probably legal, but it shouldn’t be.
My Mother Told My Sister She’d Make Her the Sole Heir to Her Millions
She’s played us against each other our entire lives.
We Already Know One Winner of the New York City Mayoral Race
Even if we’re still waiting for a new mayor.