Biden’s Wing of the Democratic Party Is Sinking His Presidency
Over the last two months, it’s become increasingly clear that President Joe Biden’s best days in office might be almost certainly behind him. Although he was never going be FDR-type, he is now overly credulousPress coverage endorsementsBiden could, however, claim significant victoriesIn his first year of office. The American Rescue Plan Act, passed in March […]
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Restaurant Co-Ops Put Economic Justice on the Table
Food service is not a sector that many would associate with economic justice or social justice. Restaurants are well-known for providing excellent service. paltry wagesFor engaging in shocking amounts of wage theft, and for being in toxic work environments. sexual harassmentAnd human trafficking. Restaurant workers and their advocates are advocating alternative models for management and […]
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World’s 10 Richest Men Doubled Their Wealth as Many Lost All During Pandemic
As most of the world’s population suffered under a deadly pandemic, the world’s 10 richest people doubled their wealth while the world’s billionaires added $5 trillion to their collective wealth, a new report by Oxfam finds. Billionaires have been reaping huge benefits from the global economic system since the start of the pandemic. report’s authors […]
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Jan 6 Committee Hesitant Over Subpoenas Fearing Retaliation If GOP Retakes House
As the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol prepares to subpoena Donald Trump’s allies to testify on their involvement in the attack, some members are privately hesitant to carry through with the plans because of GOP lawmakers’ threats to retaliate. As reported by The Guardian, members on the […]
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It’s Okay to Be Racist if You’re the Left Pushing COVID-19 Mandates
Washington, D.C., following the example of other leftist-run municipalities, has just implemented a COVID-19 mandate. This mandate requires anyone who wants a meal at a restaurant, a movie, or a workout at a gym to present proof of vaccination. The media tend to overlook the fact that this majority-black city is run by a black […]
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Appeals Court Remands Texas Abortion Case to State Supreme Court
Texas’s restrictive abortion law, which prohibits the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy and allows individuals, rather than the state, to enforce the ban through lawsuits, will remain in place after a legal challenge to the law’s constitutionality was remanded to the state court system, likely delaying the appeals process by months. The Fifth Circuit […]
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Republicans, Aided by Manchin and Sinema, Are Stonewalling Voting Rights Bills
“The denial of this sacred right [to vote] is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition,” Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. saidIn 1957. Now, on January 18, 2021 — one day after we celebrated King’s birthday and one year after a mob of right-wing Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in an […]
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MLK Family Blasts Manchin & Sinema for Protecting Filibuster Over Voting Rights
The family of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the day commemorating his life and legacy on the need to strengthen voting rights in the United States — with some deriding specific Democratic Party lawmakers for failing to recognize the seriousness of the matter in their prolonged defense of the Senate filibuster. […]
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If Dems Don’t Deliver on Health Care, They May Suffer in Midterms, Jayapal Warns
Rep. Pramila Japal warned Monday that Democrats may experience a lot of pain in the midterm elections if they fail fundamentally to fulfill their healthcare-related campaign promises. rangedFrom lowering Medicare eligibility age to tackling sky-high drug costs, “It has been a concern for us,” Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and lead sponsorThe […]
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Three More Starbucks Locations in Buffalo Will Soon Vote on Unionization
A regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), official ruled Friday that three additional Starbucks stores in Buffalo will soon be subject to a union election. These elections will be the seventh total union elections held at corporate Starbucks locations in the past month. Nancy Wilson, acting regional director at the NLRB wrote in her decisionThe […]
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