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Charnel Brownlee participates in a Workers' Freedom March to protest efforts to weaken America's working families. The Feb. 24 march was one of 300 similar actions at works sites across the nation (SEIU 32BJ)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Courts & Law

Supreme Court case could affect U.S. union workers

Public sector employees of color could be adversely impacted by the Janus v. AFSCME case.

9 years ago

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

President Trump blocks Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm, citing national security

Trump said his decision was informed by a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

9 years ago

Current federal law only requires background checks for gun purchases from licensed gun dealers, but gun control advocates want to extend the law to include private gun sales, too. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

A backgrounder on background checks

As the gun debate and the debate about background checks continues, here's what you should know about how they work:

9 years ago

Martin Shkreli is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her
Courts & Law

‘Pharma Bro’ tearfully apologizes, then sentenced to prison

Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors.

9 years ago

N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.

9 years ago

Listen 4:39
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump’s executive order on tariffs

Guests:  Heather Long, Edward Alden, Josh Bivens President Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs on s ...

Air Date: March 9, 2018 10:00 am

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Surrounded by steel and aluminum workers, President Trump holds up the order on steel imports that he signed in Roosevelt Room the the White House on Thursday.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump formally orders tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

President Trump ordered steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from every country in the world except Canada and Mexico.

9 years ago

Shoppers explore the goods on display in Ha Giang, Vietnam. The country's textile industry was expected to be one of the biggest winners from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would have provided tariff-free access to U.S. markets. Under the new agreement, the industry is still expected to gain — if not nearly as much. (Linh Pham/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

The TPP is dead. Long live the Trans-Pacific trade deal

When President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, spurning the massive free trade agreement, most analysts figured the deal was dead.

9 years ago

(stevecoleimages/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Probe into generic drug price fixing set to widen

Forty-five states and the DOJ are claiming that generic drug prices are fixed, and the alleged collusion may have cost U.S. business and consumers more than $1 billion.

9 years ago

Juliana Sarita from Women Organized Against Rape leads a training on workplace sexual harassment at a taqueria in South Philadelphia. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

A crash course in workplace sexual harassment is putting #MeToo on the menu in Philly

While sexual harassment can occur anywhere, more workers in the restaurant industry file sexual harassment claims than in any other field according to the EEOC.

9 years ago

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Robert Taylor, (center), speaks at a St. John the Baptist Parish council meeting in 2017. He and the other members of the citizens' group around him wear T-shirts that reference the safety limit for the chemical chloroprene. (Julie Dermansky)
NPR
Health

After decades of air pollution, a Louisiana town rebels against a chemical giant

The company recently installed technology it promised would reduce chloroprene emissions by 85 percent. So far, public air monitors suggest levels are still trending upward.

9 years ago

Philadelphia City Council members listen to testimony during a hearing on workplace issues. (Tom MacDonald/ WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Part-time workers tell Philly City Council of haphazard scheduling, inadequate hours

A University of California study showed two-thirds of Philadelphia hourly workers report irregular work hours.

9 years ago

New Jersey Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, D-Thorofare. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Top New Jersey lawmaker proposes business tax ‘surcharge’

Senate President Steve Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday his plan would imposes a 3 percent surcharge on businesses making over $1 million.

9 years ago

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner stands as President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Kushner’s conflicts

Guests: Andrea Bernstein, Andrew Prokop Jared Kushner lost his top-level security clearance last week. Since this ...

Air Date: March 7, 2018 10:20 am

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In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congressional Republicans lobby Trump to back down on tariffs

President Trump downplayed congressional GOP concerns. "I don't think you're going to have a trade war"

9 years ago

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