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“There’s a litany of things the Trump administration has done that we have to undo,” said Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), who serves on the House Education and Labor Committee and is a top contender for labor secretary in the Biden administrtation.

A great many people did not vote for Joe Biden, they voted against Trump. We have to recognise how narrow this win was

"The full data set on which the claim is based has not yet been released and so we don’t know exactly what has been found." Eleanor Riley, University of Edinburgh

"The Trump administration is trying to get a lot of stuff like this out the door ASAP."

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, newspapers and magazines have been obsessed with constructing a mythology of a “forgotten” white working class. Hillbilly Elegy just reinforces the stereotypes it insists it’s illuminating.

First inventory of the election from hell

In a series of short essays, Marion Nestle discusses her current thinking on food-system issues in her new book, Let’s Ask Marion.

The diversity of manufacturing workers, even in rural communities, makes an organizing committee meeting a rare and important place: a space where people can sit down face-to-face and confront their differences.

The politics of this race do not make any sense unless one factors in racism and revanchism, the seeking of revenge.

The heroes of this election season are the millions of citizen volunteers who texted, phoned and post carded, but perhaps the biggest contribution nationally was the work of the beleaguered HERE which lost 80% of its members due to COVID impacts.