6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (310+ words) Published jointly with the Center for Media and'Democracy Last September the sports betting duopoly DraftKings and FanDuel ran into a'brick wall in Illinois. Once the state started assessing a $0.25 trade tax on every bet, sports betting "plummeted" in the state…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (444+ words) Attorney General Pam Bondi's contentious House hearing about the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files offered a'clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of women and minors is perfectly acceptable as long as wealthy white men do'it. Jeffrey Epstein,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (772+ words) For Eric Chornoby, leisure time is a "luxury" he can't afford. He's a'union postal worker from Detroit who hasn't gone on vacation in five'years. Everyone told me our generation was getting it good. I'did what I'was supposed to do. But…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1111+ words) Union membership is slightly on the rise'but the hope for U.S. labor's future is far brighter than the numbers alone suggest. Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don't Tell You Union membership is slightly on the rise'but the hope…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (662+ words) Accusing human rights groups of terrorism has become one of the Trump administration's most notorious strategies to attack civil society. And, as Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights reported in 2024, the federal anti'terrorism code has evolved around suppressing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (758+ words) To pay their rent, Anain and her spouse have had to dip into their savings. With neither of them working, "we don't know how long we'll be able to keep going," she says in'Spanish.' For immigrant families like Anain's, the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (529+ words) These threats are in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which declares that "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (154+ words) New comics from Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden. I Went to Pedophile Island and All I Got Was This Lousy Shirt! New comics from Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden. Bianca Xunise is…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (233+ words) Rev. Jesse Jackson, a'renowned civil rights activist and two-time US presidential candidate who pushed for a'multiracial movement united around the common fight for economic justice, has died at the age of 84, his family announced in a'statement on'Tuesday. The family's statement…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (375+ words) On Saturday, January 31, my partner, Kyle, and our 14-year-old, Zinnia, joined a'union-organized rally dubbed "Labor Against ICE" in Portland. Packed with union members and local groups, as well as families, children and elders, there were thousands of people and all…...