Defaming Businesses Doesn't Protect Consumers If the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough data to enact a rule, it shouldn't be making informal recommendations either. Reason · Feb 28, 2025
Unions who think Republicans are warming to labor rights are getting played The Teamsters president took a gamble and accepted Trump’s invitation to speak at the Republican convention – it backfired The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2024
Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families. WEKU · May 2, 2024
Republicans turn up the heat on a new culture war target: gas stoves The possibility of the Biden administration regulating gas stoves due to new safety fears has the right wing fired up The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2023
Increasingly under fire as potential health hazards, gas stoves could be banned in 2023, top federal official says: ‘It’s a real possibility’ Citing studies that link gas stoves to health problems, including asthma in children, a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission official said his agency will begin a formal review process that could lead to new regulations. Chicago Tribune · Dec 23, 2022
My guide to a deglobalising world As nations retreat behind borders, a new global order offers new opportunities, argues Rana Foroohar — if we are willing to embrace them Financial Times · Oct 21, 2022
Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last WASHINGTON — American labor leaders see this as a moment for radical change: Workers in Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses are rising up and demanding representation. Polls show millions more support unions or wish they had the chance to join them. President Biden, with majorities in both chambers of… Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022
From Simone Biles to Steve Jobs, meet all the Americans being awarded a Presidential Medal Of Freedom this week Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ABC News · Jul 4, 2022
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, John McCain, among others Biden’s honors list includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 1, 2022
From Gabby Giffords to Steve Jobs: Who’s on Biden’s presidential medal of freedom list? White House says recipients ‘have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences’ The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022
Simone Biles, Steve Jobs to receive highest US civilian honour Denzel Washington, Khizr Khan among 17 people, some deceased, who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2022
Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe. WEKU · Jul 1, 2022
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022
Organizing and adding members are top goals for the newly elected AFL-CIO president Elizabeth Shuler, the first woman ever elected president of the labor federation, is pledging a massive organizing drive over the next decade, with a goal of adding 1 million new union members. WEKU · Jun 17, 2022
WEKU · Jun 16, 2022 Government agency and Fisher-Price warn parents of over a dozen deaths from rockers The Consumer Product Safety Commission advised parents advised to not let babies fall asleep in rockers after multiple deaths tied to Fisher-Price products.
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022 Fisher-Price issues warning after 13 infant deaths from rockers - what you need to know No recall has been issued for the product, but parents are advised not to let newborns and toddlers sleep in the rockers