Codetermination? Why Not Just Powerful Unions Instead?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren thinks big corporations have too much power, so next week she’ll be introducing new legislation to address that: That’s where my bill comes in. The Accountable Capitalism Act restores the idea that giant American corporations should look out for American interests. Corporations…
Donald Trump Lashes Out at “Loudmouth” John Brennan
Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his widely condemned decision to revoke the security clearance of John Brennan, who served as CIA director under President Barack Obama. Brennan has been a vocal Trump critic, describing the president’s July press conference with…
Here’s What It’s Like to Lose Your Home in California’s Wildfires
Hundreds of homes were burnt to the ground in Coffey Park as high winds pushed the Tubbs fire from house to house. David Gross/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michele Rahmn woke with a start at 1:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. She smelled smoke. She shook her husband,…
Delicious Purple Beans Connected One Chef to Her Family’s Culinary Past
Yardlong BeansBSPollard/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Aileen Suzara reaches into her refrigerator and pulls out a tangle of yardlong beans, a popular ingredient in Filipino cuisine. They look like green beans, except, as the name implies, they’re much, much longer. And instead of green, they’re a deep purple-maroon. When Suzara, a…
“Crazy Rich Asians” Can’t Be Everything—But It’s Still a Win
Members of the Crazy Rich Asians cast at an event in New York.Evan Agostini Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Crazy Rich Asians debuted to crazy high expectations this week. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film is one of the first major studio-backed productions to feature an Asian-majority cast in…
HUD Complaint Says Facebook Discriminated Against Users With Advertising
Advocates have struggled for years to get HUD to hold Facebook accountable for its discriminatory advertising practices.Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it had filed a housing discrimination complaint against Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act…