Trump has surpassed Reagan in his war on workers’ rights.
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Posted inEducation in America
The Office of Federal Student Aid Is Under Attack
Students will pay the price for gutting a key agency for disbursing federal aid and overseeing private student loan companies.
Posted inWorking in America
FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE
Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Environmental Protection Agency Retaliates Against Employees Protecting the Environment
Trump said he wanted ‘clean air, clean water, and jobs’ on the campaign trail, but the reality of the EPA under his tenure has been quite different.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Consumer Protection Undone
On our live show, David, Maureen Tkacik, and James Baratta discuss the transforming of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into an agency in name only.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hardly Workin’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on life support, and consumer scam complaints are surging as a result. The Trump administration wants to pull the plug.
Posted inTAP
The Supreme Court as Enabler of Dictatorship
Today on TAP: The Court uses a backdoor procedure to allow Trump to get rid of civil service employees at will.
Posted inPolitics
Laid Off by DOGE and Leaving D.C.
The federal government is the economic backbone of the District of Columbia, as well as Maryland and Virginia. The sudden mass layoffs have already had knock-on effects in the capital city.
Posted inPolitics
Republican Mega-Bill Charges Federal Workers for Basic Rights on the Job
If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Public Records Wreckers
The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable.