On a damp and windy day, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) picketed outside a sprawling Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, burning logs in barrels for warmth....
Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney in Georgia who is prosecuting Donald Trump and 18 other allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is facing a flurry of racist online abuse after the former president attacked his opponents using the word “riggers”, a thinly veiled play on the N-word....
"There are good reasons for expanding affordable childcare and funding proper parental leave; not because this might increase the fertility rate but because such policies are good for women, for children and for society. There are good reasons for thinking more concretely about the consequences of falling birthrates and the...
US president says ‘the court once again walked away from decades of precedent’, as Democrats decry supreme court’s affirmative action ruling
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16334166...
(Article is a little old, still relevant though)
Conservative domination – maintained by gerrymandered districts, disenfranchised voters and an increasing sense of political despair – insulates Tennessee Republicans from political consequences for unpopular decisions. Challenged in public by increasing activism on the left and apocalyptic rhetoric on the right, Tennessee...
Meet Richard Grenell, vocal tribune of Trump’s America First credo on the international stage and the man hotly tipped to become secretary of state if the presumed Republican nominee beats Joe Biden in November’s presidential election....
From the economy to the climate crisis to abortion and US support for Ukraine, the presidential race is likely to encompass some key themes
From the outside, a friendship between Todd and Armstrong may have seemed unlikely. They occupy two worlds that are emblematic of San Francisco but rarely collide. Todd, 64, is a slightly built African American man who had been living on the streets, shelters, and in and out of prison for years. Armstrong, 62, is a white partner...
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/8293629...
The first Palestinian American woman in Congress was formally rebuked this week, but allies say she’ll keep speaking up for peace and justice.
Across the US, Jews are facing complex emotions as they grapple with the escalating war in Israel and Gaza. Within families and congregations, on campuses, at protests and online, fissures within Jewish communities are deepening, reflecting broader divisions in public opinion over the war....
