Mary Alice McCarthy

Unions Can Win in the South Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, just struck an agreement that will instantly change their lives for the better. It’s a lesson for other workers in the region.

Some (desperately-needed) good news to end the week!

Unions Can Win in the South newrepublic.com/article/2062... via @newrepublic.com

The Unusual Working-Class Message That Turned a Deep-Red District Blue Union machinist Taylor Rehmet defeated his Republican opponent in Fort Worth, Texas, with an uncommon policy platform.

Great piece from @monicapotts.bsky.social on Dem. Taylor Rehmet's success in deep-red Texas and his focus on high school career-technical education programs, which have improved dramatically. Dems would do well to take notice.
newrepublic.com/article/2061... @newrepublic.com @newamerica.org

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

Every single word… www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

I’m all for economic populism, but I’m getting very tired of consultants telling me that my civil rights are “cultural issues” that need to be put aside. (Also tired of the “Bill Clinton ran a great populist campaign” line. He didn’t govern like one, so who cares?)
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Trump Is Making It Harder for Women to Work in Construction For the past few years, valuable government programs have helped women gain access to well-paying jobs traditionally held by men. That all changed when this administration took over.

The Trump administration claims to support expanding apprenticeship and access to good jobs - just not for women....

Great piece by @monicapotts.bsky.social via @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @newamerica.org #cte #wkdev

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A Labor Day Look at Trump’s Harm to U.S. Workers Mary Alice McCarthy reflects on Trump’s attacks on workers and how solidarity is key this Labor Day to achieving economic justice.

Some thoughts for me on this #Labor Day. It’s impossible to overstate how much #Trump has betrayed workers…: stripping union rights, gutting wage protections, and firing career civil servants isn’t pro-worker—it’s a war on labor.
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Video: Opinion | If You Fly Economy, You’re Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private The Times editorial board argues that Congress must change the Federal Aviation Administration’s funding structure.

Well done NY Times Editorial! (and I don’t say that often these days…).

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Texas Is the Dry Run for the GOP’s Dismantling of Electoral Democracy As Lone Star State Republicans prepare to do Trump’s bidding, expect the GOP’s gerrymandering war to expand.

“These fuckers can’t be shamed.”https://newrepublic.com/article/198936/texas-maps-gop-end-democracy via @newrepublic.com

How is this happening….

CEO pay climbs ahead of Trump tax windfall for wealthy

The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.

The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden newrepublic.com/article/1953... via @newrepublic.com

Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

Actually, the opposite is true. Undocumented people do not qualify these programs - but they do pay taxes (payroll taxes). These work requirements have nothing to do with immigration - they are a way to reduce social spending and redirect those $ to tax cuts for billionaires, including RFK.

Opinion | Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must

Healthcare is not welfare!!!! What a bunch of ghouls… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

Forced Amnesia | Fintan O’Toole In Hillbilly Elegy, his best-selling 2016 memoir of “a family and a culture in crisis,” J.D. Vance, now vice-president of the United States, gives an

Excellent summary of how Democrats (ongoing) failure to grapple with the consequences of neoliberalism enabled Trump’s rise… www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The unlawful abduction and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia puts all workers in peril The Trump administration’s unlawful removal of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to a prison in El Salvador—and willful defiance of court orders to facilitate his return—are demonstrating a flagrant disreg...

Attacks on immigrants are attacks on workers, full stop. Great explainer by @jensherer.bsky.social and Daniel Cost at @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/the-unl...

Not Working for Workers: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration Join the Good Jobs Collaborative for a discussion with Senator Chris Murphy that will explore the Trump administration's actions toward workers, as well as how Democrats can regain the trust of workin...

Please join us - we’ve got a great lineup of speakers - #SenatorChrisMurphy, Eric Bunn of #AFGE, Anne Pfrimmer of @seiu.org , Smiley of #JobswithJustice, Rebecca Dixon of @nelp.org, and more… @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social

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How have the first 100 days of the Trump Administration gone for workers? Please join us for a great conversation on April 29th at @newamerica.org featuring Senator Chris Murphy, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, Jamelle Bouie, @jamellebouie.net and Erica Smiley from Jobs With Justice.

Opinion | Sherrod Brown: Trump’s Tariffs Do Nothing for Workers Democrats should not confuse Trump’s tariff disaster for a trade policy that helps workers.

“Politics isn’t really about left or right, it’s about who you fight for and what you fight against. American workers are desperate for someone who will be on their side…” Exactly… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...

Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s condition

Thank you Senator Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov. My heart is aching for this poor man. Please bring him home to his family where he belongs…

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Once again, #ElonMusk’s claims about government waste & fraud are less than they seem. Thanks to Andrew Stettner at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, and formerly of #DOL for setting the record straight. @newamerica.org

Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say

Great analysis from @groundwork.bsky.social
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report

As @uaw.org President Shawn Fain said, President Trump is trying to gut unions and essential services to give him and his billionaire friends a tax cut.

To every single person who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.

Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos An internal document from the Social Security Administration warned staff there would be a “strain” on resources.

Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos newrepublic.com/post/192844/... via @newrepublic.com

What It’s Like to Live in a Small Town Polluted by a Cryptomine Across the U.S., rural towns are engaged in bitter battles against noise and air pollution from cryptomines. These will only get more common now that President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and ot...

I keep hearing that we can’t build things in America any more because of pesky environmental laws - and yet, we have an #abundance of toxic, polluting crypto mines popping up around the country… What gives?

newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com

Gutting the Department of Education is a direct attack on public education, educators, school staff, parents and students. This move threatens to deepen inequities and undermine the quality of public education nationwide.

Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.

Wow - that’s a headline you never want to see…

Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

In Honor of Kevin Drum: TNR Friday Cat Blogging The pioneering liberal blogger was widely known for celebrating his cats every Friday. Today, in his honor, we do the same.

I already miss Kevin Drum (not to mention the kitties). Always a voice of clarity - and courage. In Honor of Kevin Drum: TNR Friday Cat Blogging newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com

Thank you for sharing this. And thanks to all my former career service colleagues at ED. This is appalling. This is abuse. We will fight for you, and with you.

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.

It is absolutely insane that this man is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s criminal… www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.

My hometown of St. Louis knows that immigrants are critical for keeping the city growing and healthy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...