Mike Johnson’s New Chief of Staff May Be More Extreme Than He Is

“We look forward to working with her and Speaker Johnson in the days ahead to advance social conservative values in this Congress,” FPA President Craig DeRoche said. The FPA actively promotes conversion therapy, which it describes as “basic talk therapy Continue reading Mike Johnson’s New Chief of Staff May Be More Extreme Than He Is

AOC’s Departing Chief of Staff Reflects on Life in the Pressure Cooker

These House Democrats of color are lightning rods for bigoted attacks, including death threats. Threats against members of Congress increased dramatically during Donald Trump’s presidency, more than doubling in the last five years to 9,600 cases in 2021. Last year, Continue reading AOC’s Departing Chief of Staff Reflects on Life in the Pressure Cooker

Labor Chief Shawn Fain Worries the Big Three—and the White House

Defined-benefit pensions? Aren’t generous pensions a thing of the past? Not for Big Three executives, Fain said. (See my May TNR article on special “top hat plans”—that’s actually what they’re called—available exclusively to corporate big shots.) Fain reminded me that Continue reading Labor Chief Shawn Fain Worries the Big Three—and the White House

Labor Made Peace With UPS, but What About UPS’s Chief Competitor?

It isn’t clear that a new Labor Department regulation or, in California, the ABC test, is needed to find FedEx Ground’s policy toward its drivers in violation of labor law. For years the courts and the National Labor Relations Board Continue reading Labor Made Peace With UPS, but What About UPS’s Chief Competitor?