Economy

Outrage After South Carolina Gets Trump OK to Attack Medicaid With Work Requirement Policy

A small group of activists rally against the Republican healthcare agenda outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club, July 5, 2017 in New York City

Progressives Blast New NLRB Union Elections Rule That 'Betrays the Workers It Is Meant to Protect'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The board's only Democrat said the move "places an unjustified burden on workers seeking to exercise their fundamental workplace rights."

UK Exit Polls Suggest Defeat for Labour, Strong Majority for Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party had a good showing in exit polls from Thursday's general election.

"Just utterly devastating."

As NLRB Delivers 'Victory' to McDonald's, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant's Dirty Anti-Union Tactics

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Workers and allies demanding a $15 an hour wage stage a protest outside a McDonald's restaurant.

"The owner class will buy up every lever of power they can... But in the end we...

After For-Profit College Agrees to Forgive $141 Million in Student Debt, Sanders Says: 'Good. Now $1,685,456,413,335 More to Go'

Is Democrats' USMCA Trade Deal With Trump a Big Win or 'Major Strategic Misstep?'

Experts Warn Chevron's $11 Billion Write-Down Portends 'Greater Troubles to Come' for Fossil Fuel Industry

'Take Nothing for Granted': On Eve of UK Election, Tightening Polls Mean Anything is Possible

Questioned About Blue Cross Layoffs, Buttigieg Deflects With 'Incredibly Dishonest' Attack on Medicare for All

'Stakes Higher Than They Appear' as Progressive Caucus Battles Pelosi Over Drug-Pricing Bill in House

Scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Applauds Sanders for Activating 'Typically Invisible' Multiracial Coalition With 'Class Warfare' Campaign

Over 10 Million People Have Watched This Video of Boris Johnson Refusing to Look at Boy Lying on Hospital Floor Due to NHS Bed Shortage

New England Fishing Communities Being Destroyed by 'Climate Shocks': Study

'An Abomination': Sanders Decries Reality in Which GoFundMe Has a 'Six Cancer Fundraising Tips' Webpage

'We Were Proven Right,' Says AOC After Amazon Expands in New York Without Taking Billions in Public Cash

'Now Let's Do This Everywhere': Kansas City, Missouri Approves Free Public Transit for All

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Now More Than Ever, Honoring Trump's "Traitors" and "Scum"

On "a very busy day" of tweeting 120 times - lying, ranting, bullying a heroic 16-year-old - we're surprised the Rageaholic-In-Chief didn't get around to attacking the honorable diplomats, analysts and public servants TIME just named Guardians of the Year. Trump reviled them as "traitors" and "human scum"; TIME praised them for taking on the duty of truth-telling in the face of such animus, noting, "The courage they summoned was not to break the law, but to follow it."