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Governor May Use Jackson’s Water Crisis to Privatize Water System

As Jackson, Mississippi entered its sixth week without usable running water, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said the state is considering a plan to privatize the…
Tate Reeves

Amazon Organizing Wave Hits Missouri

On Wednesday morning, workers at an Amazon warehouse in St. Charles, MO will present local management with a petition and a list of demands signed…

Rail Strike by the Numbers: Railroad Profits Are Soaring at Workers’ Expense

America’s largest railroads have transformed a once-staid industry into a profit-generating machine on par with the world’s richest technology companies, even as they drove down…
Warren Buffett

Rhode Island’s Corporate, Anti-Choice Democrats Are Facing Challenges From the Left

For decades, Rhode Island politics have been dominated by a particularly corrupt and conservative state Democratic Party. The left has been chipping away at the…
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Discount Store Earnings Reveal Warning Signs for the Middle Class

Many consumers are migrating to no-frills “discount” retailers and private brands as inflation continues to tax the wallets of low- and middle-income Americans.  Walmart, America’s…
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Dollar Stores Are Being Robbed at Gunpoint More Days Than Not

When you imagine a person whose job involves putting their lives on the line at work, you might think of firefighters or military personnel. But…
Dollar General Robbery

Amazon Fires Cancer-Stricken Worker for Kicking an Empty Box

Amazon managers at the company’s unionizing warehouse in Albany, NY have fired a 60-year-old cancer patient after an investigation confirmed that he kicked an empty…

Biden Targets Hearing Aid Cartel, Stock Prices Plummet

A new Biden administration rule aimed at improving the price and availability of hearing aids has upended the industry in a matter of days, with…
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Amazon Managers Blatantly Violate Union Leader’s Rights in Albany Confrontation

Amazon managers in Schodack, NY knowingly violated the rights of the worker leading a unionization campaign at the ALB1 warehouse. On Friday, management pulled Heather…

Kentucky Democrat Kate Turner Is Taking on a Republican Incumbent Who Helped Protect Right-to-Work Laws

Down-ballot races have taken on new prominence after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, making state legislatures increasingly crucial to the fight for…
Kate Turner

CFPB Signals It Will End Billions of Dollars in Credit Card Late Fees

U.S. bankers and interest groups are mobilizing to stop the Biden administration from overhauling how the industry approaches credit card late fees. The exact scope…

Railroad Workers Furious Over Biden Board’s Contract Proposal

An emergency board appointed by President Biden issued recommendations for a national railroad contract on Tuesday that fell far short of what rail unions had…