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Barrett: Saying the N Word Doesn't Create a Hostile Work Environment
Biden's Jobs and Recovery Plan
On Thursday, presumptive Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden released his new jobs and recovery plan. Just a day before, the campaign also released the findings from the “unity task...
The Electoral College: A Racist Past
This editorial first appeared in Newsday. After I was elected to Congress in 2000, one of the first events I attended was a Joint Session of Congress which formally counted electoral votes to...
Trump Banned from Reddit and Twitch
Trump is in more trouble with social media companies after Reddit and Twitch announced that they will be blocking his content on their respective sites.
Trump: No Friend to Labor
The Trump administration’s National Labor Relations Board is designed to rule against union brothers and sisters and working people in general.
Trump to VA Employees: You are Sadistic Thieves
On Saturday, Trump held a sparsely attended rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma to relaunch his campaign after months of falling poll numbers. While the campaign expected hundreds of thousands of people, just...
Family of Tom Petty Demands Trump Stop Playing His Music
On Saturday, Trump headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a sparsely attended rally. Speaking to an arena that was 2/3rds empty, Trump’s team played Tom Petty’s hit “I Won’t Back Down...
The 20 Targets of the HEREOS Act
The HEROES Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation before the Senate currently. The bill would provide much-needed support to the states and would help prevent tens of thousands of...
Supreme Court Grants Workplace Rights to LGBTQ Workers
The Supreme Court has issued a historic workplace discrimination ruling that will extend protections to millions of LGBTQ workers. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that Title VII of the Civil...
Saunders: Police Contracts Don't Shield Brutality
This editorial was written by Lee Saunders and first appeared in USA Today. As an African American man who lived through the 1960s and now has two sons and three very young grandsons, the specter...
Historic Call to Remove Defense Secretary from AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO is expected to take up and pass a resolution on Tuesday that would call on Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to resign over their participation in the...