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Shell game: Trump, Cohen rake in big bucks by selling access

May 9, 2018 By John Wojcik

In what looks like a pay-for-play scheme, Trump's lawyer has been funneling millions through front company bank accounts.

House dumps GOP anti-construction worker scheme, again

May 9, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

A bipartisan coalition of representatives defeated right wing Republicans’ scheme to cut construction workers’ pay.

Trump’s Iran decision makes world more dangerous, says atomic expert

May 9, 2018 By Morning Star

Former head of the IAEA Mohamed el-Baradei called the decision to withdraw from the agreement “a tantrum and an act of bravado” by Trump.

Nurses’ campaign for Medicare for All gets boost from Sanders

May 9, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

More than 150 nurses from around the country, members of National Nurses United, got a big boost for their drive from its prime congressional sponsors.

“We Run UC”—Support workers strike the Univ. of California system

May 9, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

A study conducted by AFSCME Local 3299 shows starting wages of black and Latino workers are about 20 percent lower than those of their white counterparts.