EU Confidential #168: Von der Leyen’s State of the European Union — US Ambassador Ronald Gidwitz By Cristina Gonzalez 9/17/20, 11:13 PM CET Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Stitcher | Simplecast We analyze Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the European Union speech. And Ronald Gidwitz, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium who’s also the acting…
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Weeks after joining in union organizers’ months-long fight to secure a living wage for thousands of Disneyland workers, Sen. Bernie Sander (I-Vt.) was among the progressives who applauded a new three-year contract for workers at Orange County, California’s largest employer, giving employees an immediate raise followed by one that will bring the park’s minimum pay…
In an interview with CNN‘s Chris Cuomo Wednesday evening, New York congressional candidate and democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned how Congress can “write unlimited blank checks for war” and pass the GOP’s $2 trillion tax cut for the wealthy, but when it comes to proposals that would help every American—such as Medicare for All—”our pockets…
Twelve years ahead of schedule, a new report finds that China may already have had its worst year for carbon emissions—a sign that the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases could be well on its way to meeting the goals put forth by the Paris climate agreement. “As part of the Paris Agreement, China pledged…
Further disrupting already contentious NAFTA negotiations with Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly bragged in off-the-record remarks to Bloomberg—but “obtained” and published by the Toronto Star on Friday—that he is not compromising with Canada at all, but can’t admit this publicly because “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to…
After a leaked training video provided a rare glimpse into the aggressive tactics Amazon deploys to prevent its workers from organizing and bargaining for better working conditions, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday expressing alarm at his trillion-dollar company’s “potentially illegal anti-union behavior” and…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE late Tuesday said he is “not surprised” by a new poll that found a majority of Americans supports revoking the security clearances…