In 2024-2025, unionized educators saw significant pay improvements due to collective bargaining.
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Posted inWorking in America
A May Day Push to ‘Shut It Down’ Takes Shape Across the Country
Unions join community groups in planning marches, walkouts and economic actions on May 1 as a show of worker power ahead of the midterm elections.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Aftermath: California Gas Prices Are Up, and It’s Not Just the War
A refinery oligopoly and exclusive contracts allow the oil industry to price-gouge California drivers.
Posted inPolitics
How Do You Beat a Central Valley Republican?
Two Democrats in California’s 22nd District have very different ideas.
Posted inTAP
Amazon and Trump’s NLRB: So Happy Together!
Trump’s appointee as the Board’s general counsel stops an NLRB trial likely to find the company guilty.
Posted inPolitics
Eric Swalwell and the Death of Accountability
His sexual misconduct was an open secret. So why was he still seen as a rising star in the party?
Posted inEconomic Policy
A K-Shaped Economy Requires K-Shaped Taxes
Wealth tax skeptics either fail to notice the massive upward redistribution of wealth, income, and political power, benefit from it, or fear challenging it.
Posted inTechnology
Social Media’s Endgame Moment
Even users don’t like it. So when you ask juries to render verdicts, they’re inclined to punish the platforms.
Posted inEconomic Policy
More States Are Taxing the Ultra-Rich—Washington Is the Latest
As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t. ‘It’s a movement,’ says Patriotic Millionaires’ Chuck Collins.
Posted inTAP
Stephen Miller: Too Cruel for School
The Don’s consigliere tells Texas Republicans to end undocumented children’s access to public schools.