Month: October 2019

IN STRIKE TALKS, UAW DEMANDS GREEN JOBS STAY IN U.S.

IN STRIKE TALKS, UAW DEMANDS GREEN JOBS STAY IN U.S.

The Intercept AS PART OF ITS CONTRACT TALKS, the United Automobile Workers labor union is demanding that General Motors Co. reopen two plants in Lordstown, Ohio, and Hamtramck, Michigan, as electric car factories. The demand underscores the tensions inherent in...

Who is demonstrating and who is being arrested?

Who is demonstrating and who is being arrested?

The Middle East Eye Protests broke out across Egypt last Friday following weeks of calls from tycoon-turned-whistleblower Mohamed Ali for people to head to the streets and demand the fall of the country's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In several different...

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

The Nation The most basic question that the Trump presidency raises is: How the hell did this happen? There is, obviously, no single answer for why this particular miscreant became president of the United States. Were it not for the Russians or WikiLeaks or James...