I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:

The president’s words don’t change the facts: Furloughed #FederalWorkers are entitled to back pay under the law. Since getting paid back can take time, we also urge furloughed #workers to apply for #unemployment benefits (known as UCFE) ASAP. See our blog for more: www.nelp.org/unemployment...

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

"Savings accounts are no substitute for insurance-based benefits, like workers’ compensation and #unemployment insurance, that help people weather emergencies," writes @laurapadin.bsky.social at @thehill.com. Read her op-ed on the dangers of corporate #PortableBenefits: thehill.com/opinion/tech...

Ugh! Uber threatens to leave CO if a safety law is passed. They've cried wolf this way many times before: "we'll leave if you regulate us." @laurapadin.bsky.social of @nelp.org & I wrote about this last year (our piece is linked in the next post). (1/2) coloradosun.com/2025/04/23/u...

“As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.” — Pope Francis

This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research! So proud of my union! protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

“#DoorDash claims that it wants to fix the problem of delivery workers’ lack of benefits, but this is a problem entirely of DoorDash’s making.” Learn why DoorDash’s proposals for “portable benefits” fall far short of what #workers need to thrive in our new factsheet: www.nelp.org/insights-res...

"Federal #workers have civil service protections because our country values their expertise, independent judgment, and adherence to the rule of law. Their political views and loyalty to a particular party or president are not part of the job." Read our full statement: www.nelp.org/nelp-condemn...

App corporations classify their workers as ICs to deny them real benefits -- Social security, health insurance, unemployment insurance, paid time off. Now they are offering workers savings accounts and calling them "portable benefits."

Before the election, I wrote about how a young immigrant's death in a Louisiana shipyard is emblematic of a U.S. system that relies ever more on immigrants, even as employers and politicians vilify them. www.propublica.org/article/immi...