Unionized Boston Starbucks Workers Celebrate Win After 64-Day Strike
After management agreed to their main demand, Boston Starbucks workers ended their two-month-old strike. This marked the end of the longest Starbucks strike in history. A unionized Starbucks worker nearBoston University workers are on strike since mid-July. They protest an illegal unilateral change in company policy to force part-time workers to be available for full-time […]
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Trump’s Latest Legal Peril Threatens to Bring Down His New York Empire
Trump is now in his most dangerous legal situation. Wednesday’s civil lawsuit was filed by Letitia James, New York Attorney General, against Trump, his children, and his family for financial fraud. The suit claims they overvalued assets by billions to secure better financial arrangements. They then deflated the values to pay lower taxes. The lawsuit […]
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Queen’s Funeral in UK Set Off Harsh Crackdowns Against Critics of Monarchy
Watching Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, I found myself experiencing two reactions simultaneously: As an advocate of republicanism in Britain — i.e., as someone who believes the monarchy should be abolished entirely and replaced by a republic with an elected head of state — I snorted in horror at the vast pomp and circumstance, at […]
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Pentagon Spending Drains the National Budget and Leaves a Big Carbon Bootprint
The U.S. military will begin spending the $800 billion Congress has promised it in fiscal year 2023 on October 1. That staggering sum is just the beginning. According to calculations According to William Hartung, a Pentagon expert, funding for intelligence agencies, the Department of Homeland Security and work on nuclear weapons at the Energy Department […]
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Manchin’s Big Oil Giveaway Deal Garners Opposition From Both Sides of the Aisle
Conservative coal baronSen. Joe Manchin (D. West Virginia) released the text for a 91-page permitting proposal containing huge giveaways to the fossil fuel industry on Wednesday night — and senators from both sides of the aisle have expressed their disapproval. The result of a DealManchin and Democratic leaders were able to convince the conservative Democrat […]
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Trump Claims He Used His Mind to Declassify Documents Before Leaving White House
In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity claimed Wednesday that Trump, the former President, could have declassified documents he had removed from White House after he resigned by simply using his mind. “There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it,” Trump said. “You’re the president of the United States, you can […]
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The War in Ukraine Has Entered a New Phase
Seven months later, the war in Ukraine is entering a new phase. While Ukraine is waging a counteroffensive to Russia in the south and east regions of the country, Russia continues to pursue its annexation plans. The West, with the U.S. leading the charge, continues with its operations. explicitly stated strategyRussia to the point that […]
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More Than 1,100 Russians Arrested for Protesting Putin’s War Escalation
More than 1,100 people and counting have been arrested at anti-war protests held in 38 cities across Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s Wednesday announcement that as many as 300,000 reservists will be called up to serve in a “partial mobilization” aimed at beating back Ukraine’s counteroffensive. That’s according to OVD-Info is an independent Russian human […]
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Jan. 6 Committee Announces Its Next — and Possibly Final — Public Hearing Date
The House select Committee investigating the attack on U.S. Capitol building, January 6, 2021, will hold at minimum one more public hearing before concluding the work. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D. Mississippi), chair of the January 6 committee. told reporters on TuesdayThe committee will hold its last public meeting on September 28th at 1 p.m. Eastern […]
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Fed’s Latest Interest Rate Hike Will Harm Most Vulnerable, Critics Say
Progressive economists and otherOn Wednesday, critics criticized the U.S. Federal Reserve’s official behavior. announcingThe widely expected third 75 basis-point increase in interest rates this year is now. While addressing the decision during an afternoon press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell also said that “we anticipate that ongoing increases will be appropriate” to meet the central […]
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