Democracy
The Wisconsin GOP is at it again. With the party’s stranglehold on the State Supreme Court in peril following a judicial election last spring, Republicans are now seeking to impeach the new judge before the court can throw out the state’s rigged election maps. Few elections in recent US history have arguably been as consequential as the
Capitalism
A measure of poverty tracked by the Census Bureau rose in 2022, as COVID era benefits expired and average income fell, according to a Tuesday report. Why it matters: Child poverty saw a sharp increase in 2022 following a record low the year prior. Driving the news: While the official poverty rate (considered an outdated measure) didn’t see a significant change from 2021 to
Abortion Rights
A husband who doesn’t want his wife to get an abortion could sue the friend who offered to drive her, according to this legislation’s own architect. How free can any woman be in a country where her right to control her body and family depends on the jurisdiction where she happens to live? Republicans are
Labor
An NLRB decision delivered late last month substantially lowers the legal hurdles to union recognition. But using that opening will require unions to build strong cultures of shop-floor solidarity in the face of employer intimidation. On August 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and International
Conservatives
Last week, the Ohio ballot board – led by the Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose – approved the wording of Issue 1, a November ballot measure that will ask voters if the state constitution should guarantee a right to abortion, contraception, fertility treatment and miscarriage care. The new lawsuit accuses the ballot board’s Republican majority of
Capitalism
The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act introduced modest drug pricing restrictions. In response, big pharma companies — which have seen record profits — are threatening to slow the rollout of a lifesaving drug. A Swiss pharmaceutical company announced this month that it could slow-walk bringing a potentially lifesaving drug to market — in order to reduce