1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (440+ words) “A 32-hour workweek is not a radical idea,” Sanders said. Amid growing concerns about technological advances and stagnant worker pay, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-California) introduced a bill earlier this month to reduce the workweek to…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (475+ words) Unions sued over the question, which asks job applicants to share how they would further the president’s agenda. A court’s decision to block the Trump administration from including a “loyalty question” on federal job applications was a win not only…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (362+ words) The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s use of “energy emergency” powers. The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (927+ words) Unions decried the firing of nearly 100 workers, which they said will leave major gaps in coverage in many regions. As social media networks filled with posts from journalists “deeply saddened” to reveal they were part of McClatchy’s latest round of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (343+ words) A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces have reportedly seized the entirety of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, further solidifying the group’s control over its key waterway and sending…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (574+ words) National Nurses United is expanding its campaign against Palantir in a global week of action starting on September 28. National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., is demanding that hospitals cut ties with Palantir, with nurses…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (527+ words) Two federal statutes forbid paying people to vote, and the Constitution lists bribery as an impeachable offense. On Wednesday, during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, President Donald Trump promised voters that if they deliver a GOP-controlled Congress in…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (492+ words) Canada is united in its defense of its cultural ties to French. Trump was foolish to encroach on language issues. Carney’s video followed new tariffs, which took effect early Tuesday morning. The United States put 50 percent tariffs on a variety…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (477+ words) Diesel topped $5.90 per gallon, on average across the US, as of Monday, with regular gas above $4.15 per gallon. Diesel prices in the U.S. broke a new record high this past weekend, as the U.S. and Israel’s continued war on Iran has led…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (468+ words) As of Tuesday, nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance, an aggregate of polling data shows. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr indicated in an interview this past weekend that he was open to using the agency to…...