United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts fired up a crowd of thousands of union workers in Columbus, Ohio, with a simple chant: “Fix it!” The rally last week came on the eve of a Congressional field hearing on problems plaguing multiemployer pension programs like the one retired miners depend upon. […]
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Did Patrick Morrisey’s Family Firm Lobby Against Gorsuch Confirmation?
In West Virginia’s closely watched Senate race, the state Democratic Party is shining a spotlight on Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s wife, Denise, who is a Washington lobbyist. In a tweet on July 10, a few days after President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the high court, the state party referenced […]
Read More“Funny Thing About Evil…It Always Lives in Another Neighborhood and Votes for a Different Party”
Until we reclaim our language, we’ll have no clue who is setting our moral compass. 1. Inside every honest person exists a bombthrower. There’s an urge, small and undying, that drags us to destruction. This urge isn’t suicidal: We don’t want nonexistence as much as a resetting. We don’t worry […]
Read MoreNational Academy Report Urges Stronger Coal Dust Monitoring Amid Black Lung Surge
A new report from the National Academy of Sciences says the coal mining industry needs a “fundamental shift” in the way it controls exposure to coal and rock dust in order to prevent lung disease among miners. Despite improvements such as an Obama-era rule to strengthen monitoring and control of dust in […]
Read MoreKavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination Serves as Perfect Case Study of Election Year Politics
Late Monday night, President Trump introduced his nominee for the new Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh, a 53-year-old United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the past, he served as the lawyer at the George W. Bush White House […]
Read MoreWhy it Doesn’t Matter if a Harley is ‘Made in America’?
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Harley-Davidson was one of the president’s favorite companies less than six months ago. Now it’s the latest business to feel his wrath. That’s because on June 25, Harley-Davidson announced it will move some of its production overseas. The […]
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