In an alarming gauge of the threat to U.S. democracy posed by the far right, over half of Americans will have a…
A federal labor official has rejected Amazon’s bid to overturn a union election in Staten Island, New York, that saw the formation…
In a fiery speech with labor leaders in Boston on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) rebuked corporate and wealthy “vultures” that are…
If President Joe Biden doesn’t follow up on his pledge to provide much-needed relief to the 45 million Americans who hold student debt, activists…
New polling finds that bipartisan majorities of voters support plans to expand Social Security by taxing the rich, showing that the public…
Conservative coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) announced on Wednesday that he has come to an agreement with Democratic leaders for…
Workers for athleisure company Lululemon Athletica in Washington, D.C., have filed to unionize, seeking to become the first of the company’s 315 U.S.…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) had harsh words for right-wing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) on Tuesday after the coal-funded multimillionaire announced last week that he…
As stories of the vast amounts of suffering caused by abortion bans are piling up, a group of House Democrats is calling…
Over a decade after Citizens United and as the rich grow ever richer, billionaires are rapidly taking over Capitol Hill with political…
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