Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 42

The straightforward reason why Americans struggle to unionize the workforce

On this Labor Day, more than any in recent memory, there is widespread bipartisan support in Congress and across America for the right to be in a union

Organizers in Chicago shift Labor Day rally to protest looming federal takeover

With President Donald Trump threatening to “straighten out Chicago” and flood the city with federal law enforcement, local groups in the city are preparing to respond

The dwindling of America’s middle class wasn’t inevitable; it was a policy choice.

Ali Velshi busts a decades-old economic myth and lays out deliberate, systemic choices the government can make to support America's working and middle class.

Trump's Cabinet meeting profanity highlighted a harsh truth about his Putin failures

President Donald Trump now realizes Putin is a liar, as he called bullshit to his Cabinet. But his Nobel Peace Prize quest won't succeed with rage alone.

The truth about Trump’s D.C. takeover that he doesn’t want you to know

The White House insists the takeover of D.C.'s police department and the deployment of the national guard is about crime. But immigration enforcement seems to play more of a role.

I’m a Rabbi. Here is why my faith tells me the war in Gaza must end.

The High Holy Days call us to act: free the hostages, feed the hungry, end the war in Gaza.

Republicans are probing Wikipedia, a longstanding MAGA target

House Republicans have launched an investigation into Wikipedia, a long-standing target of conservative criticism

Grand jury rejects yet another felony indictment in Trump's D.C. crackdown

In at least three cases so far, grand jurors have refused to approve felony charges against people the administration said assaulted law enforcement.

Pay attention to the language Israel used to justify its attack on Nasser Hospital

Israel struck Nasser Hospital in Gaza killing 22 people, including five journalists. Video shows Israel struck the hospital in four deadly successive strikes.

An easy way to counter Trump’s crime push is sitting in the Democrats’ back pocket

President Donald Trump’s recent focus on urban crime presents a classic dilemma for Democrats: Push back, or acquiesce to a power grab?