by Steven Rosenfeld | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Photo credit: White House official photo / cc As 2020 nears, disinformation—intentionally false political propaganda—is increasing and getting nastier. Central to this disturbing trend is President Trump, whose re-election campaign and allies revel in mixing selected...
by Tom Conway | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Jobs and Growth
Google’s computers are spying on its workers. Anytime a Google employee uses an online calendar to schedule a meeting involving more than 100 co-workers, management gets an alert—a great way for the anti-union corporation to sniff out union organizing efforts. Lots of...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Health
When Elizabeth Warren was criticized for not detailing how she would pay for Medicare for All, most pundits assumed she would duck and cover. M4A is Bernie Sanders’s signature legislation, but the establishment dismisses him as a movement candidate. Warren, on the...
by Mehrdad Azemun | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Many people hate the word “politics.” They equate it with corruption, greed and the consolidation of unchecked power. And the U.S. Presidential race only magnifies these feelings and perceptions. Our sitting President, Donald Trump, has proven himself a master at...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another important story often overlooked by national reporters is the ongoing struggle to defend public education in the months that follow successful strikes. In Oakland,...
by Ross Floyd | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog, Featured, I Speak, Immigration
How it would feel to walk fifty days to save your unborn child, only to be locked in a cell so cramped you and a dozen other pregnant women had to sleep standing up? WATCH: the full story of @JulianCastro escorting José Robinson to his ICE check-in. “If I...
