United States Representative Donald Payne Junior (D-New Jersey) on Wednesday blasted the greed of executives in the privatized American railway industry who are refusing to grant paid sick leave and other benefits to their employees. A 2019 report in t…
Jiang Zemin, who opened China to markets and corruption, is dead | Opinion
Born in Yangzhou in 1926, Jiang was one of the last Chinese leaders to remember the 1949 Revolution. His father died fighting the Japanese while Jiang himself was attending National Central University in Japanese-occupied Nanjing before transferring to…
‘He is so done’: Ann Coulter doubles down on Republicans to abandon Donald Trump
For months, far-right author Ann Coulter has been saying that the Republican Party needs to abandon former President Donald Trump and look to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 election. And with Trump having officially announced that he is seeking…
Jaron Lanier: ‘Extinction is on the table as an outcome’ of the chaos caused by social media
Computer scientist, composer, artist, and author Jaron Lanier has for years been outspoken about his total avoidance of social media platforms because of the harm that they inflict on their users and the detrimental impacts that they have on societies….
Why ‘much-diminished’ Sarah Palin no longer stands out in the MAGA movement she helped create: journalist
Former President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement suffered a long list of disappointments in the 2022 midterms, including Democratic gubernatorial victories in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maryland. Democrats prevailed in key U.S. S…
‘We’re looking at you’: Denver newspaper slams Lauren Boebert’s for ‘hateful speech’ after Colorado attack
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s critics on both the left and the right were disappointed when the far-right MAGA congresswoman narrowly defeated Democrat Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. It was an incredibly close race; as of Friday morning,…
Why it is ‘imperative’ that 2022 be ‘the last authoritarian World Cup’: law student
The 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar, kicked off on Sunday, November 20 with an opening game that found Ecuador defeating Qatar 2-0. And the series of World Cup matches moved along with Saudi Arabia, on November 22, pulling off an unexpected 2-1 vi…
‘Roughing him up’: Judges scorch Donald Trump’s lawyers in ‘tense’ hearing over ‘secret’ argument
An attorney representing Donald Trump before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Jim Trusty, seems to have been mocked by one of the three judges hearing the former president’s appeal in what is being described as “tense” oral arguments Tuesday afternoo…
‘Only God knows’: Mike Pence deflects when asked if Donald Trump is a ‘good man’
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who served with Donald Trump in the White House for four years, and, some say, knows him better than almost anyone, refuses to say once again, as he did before the 2016 election, that the former president is a “good ma…
Hate crime, murder charges filed against Club Q suspect in anti-LGBTQ mass shooting
Colorado prosecutors have filed hate crime and murder charges against the suspect in Saturday night’s anti-LGBTQ mass shooting. Five people, including employees of the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q were killed, another 25 were injured. The suspect is believed…