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Americans are hungry to be part of unions. So why is US labor so timid?

Support for organized labor is soaring. Yet the biggest US union coalition endorsed Biden without asking anything in return

The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023

‘There’s no way I can pay it’: Americans dread restart of student loan payments

Pause on loan payments set to end in October as political fight over Biden’s forgiveness plan rages on and has been tied up in courts

The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023

MAGA loves Trump when he's playing dumb

Evangelicals, in particular, feel a flock should follow leaders who are neither smart nor moral

Salon · Jun 21, 2023

Editorial: Josh Hawley knows better about slavery and Juneteenth. But he just wants to fight

We’ve long since become accustomed to Sen. Josh Hawley’s online provocations. The Missouri Republican (or perhaps his staff) is a prolific poster, one who uses Twitter not to enlighten or inform his constituents but to start fights and stir up politically useful culture wars. For the most part, we prefer…

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2023

Mark Z. Barabak: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the 'race to the bottom'

Name-calling. Mean tweets. A governor's quick-draw veto pen.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2023

Trump’s Classified Docs Trial Delayed Until August 2023 Amid Pre-Trial Litigation

Former President faces obstruction charges for sharing classified information at Mar-a-Lago estate

Zenger · Jun 21, 2023

With Trump under indictment, House GOP calls on Trump-era special counsel who studied Russia probe

As Donald Trump faces a federal indictment, House Republicans are using the report from a special counsel to renew their argument that federal law enforcement is tainted by political bias

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Democrats choose community activist and CTU worker Tara Stamps to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson’s old County Board seat

Stamps was one of six candidates interviewed Tuesday evening by Democratic leaders representing the Chicago wards and suburban townships that make up the district that Johnson was previously elected to serve as a Cook County commissioner.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 21, 2023

Pride and pain for president as son Hunter has navigated years of investigation, reaches plea deal

President Joe Biden had just six words to offer after his 53-year-old son Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax offenses in a deal that is also likely to spare him time behind bars on a weapons charge

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Once wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of 'Central Park Five' is running for office

Some consider Yusef Salaam a folk hero as a member of the “Central Park Five,” the group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023