Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses to Testify on the Shutdown’s Economic Impact
Anthony Behar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin doesn’t want to talk to Congress about the ongoing government shutdown, which has now entered its second month. On Wednesday, Mnuchin declined to appear at a Thursday morning hearing hosted by the House Ways and Means Committee on the…
GoFundMe Campaigns. Payday Loans. McDonald’s Shifts. The Painful Reality of Surviving Trump’s Shutdown.
A furloughed government worker during a silent protest against the ongoing partial government shutdown.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The partial government shutdown forced Jason Muzzey, an Agriculture Department contractor in Kansas City, Missouri, to stop work the day after Christmas. He hasn’t been back since. Now, without a…
TSA Says the Number of Agents Skipping Work Has Spiked Due to the Shutdown
Transportation Security Administration agents help passengers through a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark. New figures released Sunday reveal a record number of agents are not showing up to work. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Transportation Security Administration has reported that the number of airport security…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Donald Trump Is Most Definitely a Racist
Courtesy of CBS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper Sunday evening, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democratic Socialist from New York who, along with all other new members of Congress, was sworn in on January 3, said President Donald Trump is a racist, “no question.” Cooper…
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…
This Deep-Red State Decided to Make a Serious Investment in Preschools. It’s Paying Off Big-Time.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Alabama state senator Trip Pittman had always sort of questioned whether nursery schools were worth the investment. Pittman, a conservative Republican, figured the kinds of things you’re supposed to learn before kindergarten—washing your hands, tying your shoes, minding your manners—might best be taught by parents…