1 hour ago About sharing By Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Inflation is slowing and wages are rising, so you might conclude we can all afford to let our hair down a little more during Christmas party season. But before the champagne corks pop, everyone should know that by splashing out, the financial hangover…
1 hour ago About sharing This picture taken on 12 November shows displaced Palestinians seeking shelter in tents outside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor Al-Shifa is the main hospital in Gaza City – I’ve been there many times. It has big grounds, so people in Gaza went there to…
2 hours ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News The government has lost. And lost big time. Sometimes, the words of a court room amount to mumbo jumbo to the occasional visitor. And as a political reporter I am an only occasional visitor to court. But sitting there in Court 1 of…
Republican Markwayne Mullin rose from his seat at a hearing to challenge a union leader to a fight.
Politics / November 15, 2023 Republican Senators Are Taking the Class War Way Too Literally In a wild Senate hearing, union leaders heralded a new age for labor, while one GOP senator actually tried to pick a physical fight. John Nichols Ad Policy Sean O’Brien faces off against Markwayne Mullin. (PBS News) United Auto Workers…
Feature / November 15, 2023 The People’s Republic of Portland, Maine Local organizers have gotten the New England town to pass some of the most progressive legislation in the country. Will it stick? Sasha Abramsky Illustration by Josh Gosfield. This article appears in the November 27/December 4, 2023 issue, with the headline “The People’s Republic…
World / November 15, 2023 Biden’s Foreign Aid Request Is Corporate Welfare for the Arms Industry Military contractors would get an estimated $60 billion from the president’s spending request, according to an analysis of federal acquisition data. Stephen Semler Ad Policy President Joe Biden greets members of the military at North Island Naval Air Station…
Society / November 15, 2023 Brooklyn College’s President Is Absolutely Not Targeting Muslim Students Brooklyn College’s President Is Absolutely Not Targeting Muslim Students A response to Jeanne Theoharis. David Brodsky Ad Policy Protesters gather at Brooklyn College in support of Palestine. (Meir Chaimowitz / NurPhoto via AP) Colleges across the nation have been in the…
Activism / November 15, 2023 How We Ended Cash Bail in Illinois Lessons from a successful struggle. Will Tanzman Ad Policy Lavette Mayes of Chicago lost her home and her business while she was jailed pretrial for more than a year following her first-time arrest in 2015. Unable to make bail, she missed her son’s…
1 hour ago About sharing Ukrainian forces fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions By Ido Vock and Oleh Chernysh BBC News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak has said that Ukrainian forces have gained a foothold on the left or east bank of the Dnipro river. Russia has…