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GOP Tax Plan Features Retirement Accounts That Favor the Wealthiest
The most troubling feature of the new tax plan is a proposal to introduce “Universal Savings Accounts.”
Ahead of Hurricane Florence, Trump Moved $10 Million From FEMA to ICE
The money was transferred just ahead of hurricane season to fund family separation and deportation efforts.
Nonprofit Run by Trump Strategists Promotes Right-Wing Ideals With Secret Money
The activity of the group raises serious corruption and ethics concerns.
Hotel Strikers’ Call for Justice Rings Out in Chicago
Chicago hotel workers want respect and a living wage from employers who get rich off their labor.
Immigration Applications Can Be Denied Without Letting Applicants Fix Errors
This is another brick in Trump’s “invisible wall” to make immigration as difficult as possible.
Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean Water Protections
Donald Trump's efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance.
States Allow For-Profit Pipeline Companies to Seize Private Property
Activists and landowners are fighting back, and some have been jailed in the process.
Sessions Instructs Judges to Show Less Sympathy for Detained Immigrant Children
Sessions's speech came after the new UN human rights chief denounced Trump's family separation policy.
Amazon Delivers Low-Paying Jobs and Dirty Air to California’s Poorest
The massive supply and logistics company faces pushback in the neighborhoods it exploits and pollutes.
Who Wants to Join a Union? A Growing Number of Americans.
Unions are turning to new strategies for improving working conditions.