Nancy Pelosi Is Voted Speaker of the House, Which Means Democrats Are Officially in Control
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California is applauded at the Capitol ahead of the vote that made her speaker of the House for the second time.Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday afternoon, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House for the 116th Congress. In the biggest…
Looking for a Gender Neutral Workplace? Try a Call Center!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Wonkblog: Men dominate Google image searches for most jobs — even for bartender, probation officer and medical scientist, roles in which women outnumber men. In 57 percent of occupations, image searches indicate the jobs are more male-dominated than they actually are. Let’s check this…
Trump’s Trade War Taxes Will Cost Middle-Class Families $200-300 This Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This got me curious: The United States Treasury has taken in MANY billions of dollars from the Tariffs we are charging China and other countries that have not treated us fairly. In the meantime we are doing well in various Trade Negotiations currently going on.…
The Real Story Behind the EPA’s Efforts to Hire a Hyper-Aggressive Political Operation
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Newly obtained emails reveal that officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were misleading about the circumstances under which they hired a Republican opposition research firm known for its aggressiveness and willingness to sling mud. They also show the inner workings of…
Artificial Intelligence Was Supposed to Reduce Hiring Discrimination. It’s Already Backfiring.
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In September, ProPublica revealed that a number of high-profile tech companies were using Facebook to advertise jobs only to men. This seemingly clear violation of US employment laws would have been surprising had the news organization not found similar uses of the social-media platform’s…
The 200-Year History of Using Voter Fraud Fears to Block Access to the Ballot
Rui Vieira/PA Wire/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It seemed inevitable after evidence of voting irregularities appeared in the contested race in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District: Republicans used the problems to push for tighter voting laws last month. Voting restrictions in the name of fraud prevention have been at the…