1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (590+ words) Deere had proposed extending the contract through October 2029. It offered 4 percent wage increases in 2026 and 2027 and a one-time $3,000 bonus. An existing 3 percent qualified earnings lump-sum payment scheduled for fall 2026 would have been moved to fall 2028. A 4 percent wage increase sits…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (699+ words) The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) demands the immediate shutdown of all non-essential plants and workplaces across areas engulfed in toxic wildfire smoke, with full pay for every worker affected. No worker should be compelled to breathe poisoned…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) The heatwave is unfolding alongside deadly wildfires across the West. This past Saturday, three firefighters were killed while responding to the Knowles Fire in western Colorado: Emily Barker, 38, of Clinton Township, Michigan; Nick Hutcherson, 27, of Glendale, Arizona; and Sydney Watson,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (977+ words) Nearly 5 million people in the United States have lost food stamp assistance, and 4 million have lost or will lose health insurance because of cuts implemented by state governments, driven by the savage legislation enacted by Congress last year and signed…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (277+ words) The event has been organized as a tightly controlled affair. Attendance requires pre-registration, with a limit of two tickets per mobile number on a first-come, first-served basis. The White House has learned from experience. Trump’s last major auto plant visit…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (349+ words) According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB), which is supervising the wall’s construction, the supposedly inadvertent disturbance occurred on April 23 when a contractor bulldozed an approximately 60-70-foot- (18-21-meter) wide swath through the middle of the figure, destroying about a third....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (412+ words) On April 1, 2026, the Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship MV Hondius departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, embarking on a voyage across the remote South Atlantic. Today, the vessel has departed Cape Verde and is now sailing toward Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, carrying…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (263+ words) Idaho’s embrace of the rifle follows the trail blazed by South Carolina, which carried out three firing squad executions in 2025—the first such executions anywhere in the United States since Utah put Ronnie Lee Gardner to death in 2010. The 15 men…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (302+ words) The public allegations made by Dolores Huerta on March 18, 2026 have brought renewed scrutiny to the historical record of Cesar Chavez and the organization he led, the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta, now 95 years old, and long regarded as Chavez’s closest…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) In comments to the local media, Knopf’s son Corey described his father as the best man he knew. His daughter Miranda Boutwell remembered him as selfless. “My dad was always willing to help anybody in need,” she said. “I wish…...