Taking it to the board: How workers got Starbucks to the negotiating table
Karim Agharbi|Madrid|
The new wave in U.S. unionism is using investment funds to take their protests all the way to shareholder meetings
A group of US representatives call for an end to the Monroe Doctrine and interventionism in Latin America
Two centuries after the speech that inaugurated the United States’ policy toward the region, five Democratic lawmakers call for an end to the Cuban embargo and the declassification of secret CIA files, as well as reforms to the IMF and the OAS
Biden’s wall extension provokes backlash from a sector of Democrats
Hispanic and progressive members of Congress have reacted angrily to the construction of the Trump administration’s work in southern Texas
New US border wall forces White House to provide explanations in Mexico: ‘We had no choice’
The announcement of new construction on the border fence overshadowed the visit of Antony Blinken and Alejandro Mayorkas, with migration and drug-trafficking the main topics
Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels
Sunday’s so-called March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton and Kevin Bacon
Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels
The March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgewick and Kevin Bacon
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads delegation to Chile on the 50th anniversary of the coup seeking a better bilateral relationship
The group of Democratic legislators wants to understand how the country is strengthening its democracy
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set to tour Latin America with a group of congressional Democrats
The progressive delegation includes Bernie Sanders’s chief of staff and the House’s youngest representative. The legislators will visit Brazil, Chile and Colombia to discuss democracy, the environment and peace processes
2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Penny that “America’s got his back” and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for New York’s governor to pardon Penny
Joe Biden sports plan angers transgender advocates and opponents
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The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans, like those that have been approved in at least 20 states. But it would still allow schools to adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation
Mug shot as a political boost? Some politicians have tried
Donald Trump is the first former president ever to be indicted, but he’s not the first U.S. politician who will have a mug shot taken
How the last banking tumult fuels today’s populist politics
The 2008 financial crisis unleashed a political realignment that rejected perceived elites and establishment figures
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, investigated by US Congress for late payment of Met Gala expenses
The Democratic congresswoman says she was unaware that staffers had failed to send checks for her rental dress, beauty treatments and other expenditures associated with the high-profile event, which she attended in 2021
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