Economics
D.C. activists hoping to jump-start organizing among the unemployed
July 23, 2020The Claudia Jones School for Political Education recently hosted an Unemployment and Tenant Organizing Town Hall for residents in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area.
Read moreGOP says workers are lazy, don’t deserve HEROES Act unemployment help
July 22, 2020Are the majority of Americans lazy and averse to work? Would they prefer not to work and to enjoy a free ride from the government? Republicans say yes.
Read moreKansas retail worker: I got COVID-19 at work; I won’t be the last
July 14, 2020Essential workers aren’t being treated like our lives are essential at all.
Read moreCleveland City Council calls for end of U.S. blockade against Cuba
July 14, 2020Cleveland joins a dozen cities and two states which have passed such resolutions. Efforts to do the same are underway in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere.
Read moreTrump in ‘free trade’ talks with Brazilian right-wing authoritarian President Bolsonaro
July 8, 2020The talks may have hit a medical snag: Bolsonaro, who like Trump has actively sabotaged coronavirus response efforts, just tested positive for COVID-19.
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