Americans Don’t Care About Democracy? Well, Democrats—Make Them Care

President Biden will give what they’re billing as the first speech of his reelection campaign today, and in it, he will attack Donald Trump by name as a historic threat to democracy. An aide told The Washington Post that Biden Continue reading Americans Don’t Care About Democracy? Well, Democrats—Make Them Care

The Ordinary Americans Who Beat the FBI at Finding January 6 Rioters

It did not help that January 6 was in many ways a digitally-abetted crime, and the Department of Justice as a whole is a helplessly analog agency. However, the tips that they submitted to the FBI “fell into a black Continue reading The Ordinary Americans Who Beat the FBI at Finding January 6 Rioters

Tim Scott Suggests Slavery Wasn’t As Bad as Welfare for Black Americans

A lot of deplorable things were said during the Republican debate on Wednesday night, but this comment from Republican candidate Tim Scott may take the cake. During the debate Scott argued that welfare assistance was harder than slavery for Black Continue reading Tim Scott Suggests Slavery Wasn’t As Bad as Welfare for Black Americans

How to Galvanize Americans Stuck in Their Cars on Climate

Bringing more workers into the climate movement might also look like organizing for legislation that ties decarbonization to the creation of union jobs and lower energy bills, like New York’s Build Public Renewables Act, or BPRA. New Yorkers won the Continue reading How to Galvanize Americans Stuck in Their Cars on Climate

Hot Strike Summer: Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Support Unions

A new poll from Gallup shows the vast majority of Americans approve of labor unions. Gallup found that 67 percent of Americans approve of unions nationwide, in a poll conducted earlier this month. This is the fifth consecutive year that Continue reading Hot Strike Summer: Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Support Unions

Terrible News for Trump: Most Americans Want Him to Stand Trial Before Election

An overwhelming majority of Americans believe Donald Trump should stand trial before the 2024 election, according to a new Politico Magazine/Ipsos poll published Friday. Roughly 3 in 5 people, or 61 percent of poll respondents, think the federal trial on Continue reading Terrible News for Trump: Most Americans Want Him to Stand Trial Before Election

Inside the “Sober Home” Scam Preying on Thousands of Native Americans

Last October, Marilyn Begay was walking along a street in Farmington, New Mexico, when two men jumped out of a van and approached her. They claimed to work at the nearby San Juan Regional Medical Center, and offered her a Continue reading Inside the “Sober Home” Scam Preying on Thousands of Native Americans