Joe Biden has nominated right-wing think tank fellow Andrew Biggs to the Social Security Advisory Board. Biggs has spent his career advocating privatization and cuts to the program that provides retirement benefits for 66 million Americans.
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The Biden administration hasn’t stopped trying to privatize Medicare. But a pushback is gaining steam.
A new bill tries to claw back authority given to the executive branch on debt cancellation.
States battle over abortion rights, and the Amazonization of work
Labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s – with special urgency, as a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy.
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"Taken together, these actions will have an immediate and meaningful impact on people's lives," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
It strains credulity to think that a US war with Russia would make the American people safer or more prosperous. To the contrary, going to war with Russia, a nuclear peer of the United States, would expose Americans to vast and unnecessary risks.
The union leader turned labor secretary has taken a hands-on approach rarely seen from sitting cabinet members.
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