Kris Kobach’s Office Put Thousands of State Employees’ Partial Social Security Numbers Online
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in June 2017. John Hanna/AP File Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The office of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, which controls sensitive information on millions of American voters through the Interstate Crosscheck Program, posted online…
Trump Signals Possible Compromise on Immigration
Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post reports that the White House has an actual, concrete immigration proposal: President Trump’s immigration proposal to Congress will include a path to citizenship for an estimated 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants….The figure represents a significant concession to…
The Red Cross Ousted an Executive Over Sexual Harassment—Then Got Him a Job at Save the Children
This story was originally published by ProPublica. When Save the Children hired Gerald Anderson in 2013, the global charity believed it was hiring a veteran humanitarian executive with a sterling resume. Anderson had spent more than 15 years working around the world for the American Red Cross, rising through the ranks to lead the group’s massive…
Are Wages Finally Going Up? Sure, For Some People.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Are wages finally going up? Let’s skip the anecdotal nonsense, shall we? Here are the numbers since the end of the Great Recession: GDP per capita has gone up 1.5 percent per year since 2009, accelerating to 2 percent over the past year. That’s not…
Trump Says Something or Other About DACA, Will Probably Retract It Shortly
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump said today that he is open to the idea of allowing Dreamers to “morph” into citizens after a period of 10 to 12 years: “Over a period of 10 to 12 years,” Mr. Trump said, “somebody does a great job, they work hard…
USDA Chief to People on Food Stamps: Get a Job
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to a recent US Department of Agriculture report, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food stamps) “increasingly serves the working poor.” Indeed, among working-age SNAP recipients, 57 percent either work or are seeking employment, and 22 percent are disabled. Even so, USDA chief Sonny…