California Crops Rot as Immigration Crackdown Creates Farmworker Shortage
"Vegetable prices may be going up soon, as a shortage of migrant workers is resulting in lost crops in California.…
7 years ago
Trump’s Trade Pullout Roils Rural America
"After the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, other nations launch 27 separate negotiations to undercut U.S. exporters." More ...
7 years ago
Climate Change Now Impacting U.S., U.S. Government Report Warns
"A scientific review prepared for a massive U.S. government report on climate change forcefully asserts that human activity is changing…
7 years ago
In Surprise Vote, House Passes Amendment to Restrict Asset Forfeiture
"The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act that will…
7 years ago
Is Anybody Home at HUD?
A long-harbored conservative dream — the “dismantling of the administrative state” — is taking place under Secretary Ben Carson. More…
7 years ago
Pro-Russian Bots Take Up the Right-Wing Cause After Charlottesville
"Analysts tracking Russian influence operations find a feedback loop between Kremlin propaganda and far-right memes." More ...
7 years ago
Trump team goes to bat for NRA-backed bill, deleting Park Service concerns
"The National Park Service has several big problems with NRA-backed legislation that would restrict the agency from regulating hunting and…
7 years ago
Republicans Want More Hunting on Federal Lands
Freedom Means Shooting Bear Cubs While They're Hibernating More ...
7 years ago
OSHA Scrubs Worker Deaths from Home Page
"The new fatality list, buried on an internal page, does not include incidents where a worker was killed if the…
7 years ago
Ditching Donald Trump: Wave of Republican retirements points to big GOP trouble in 2018
"Republican members of Congress returned from an August recess in which they avoided terrible headlines by doing their darnedest to…
7 years ago