LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall President Donald Trump plans to pass an executive order to strengthen historically black colleges Tuesday. The office in charge of the HBCU program will move to the White House from the Department of Education, reports The New York Times. By doing this, Trump hopes to make black colleges…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos President Donald Trump admitted his tweeting is completely impulsive Monday, saying there’s “no method” to his communication on the platform. “No method, really,” he said on “Fox & Friends” in an interview aired Tuesday. “It’s just — it’s not venting either.” The admission is remarkable given the level…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Female journalists are paid 26 percent less than their male counterparts, says a new study, but that claim is deeply misleading according to the study’s own data. A study published Tuesday surveyed journalists in New Zealand, and claims the median after-tax salary of women is 26 percent lower…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ted Goodman The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) threatened to pursue further legal action if unionized employees continue to refuse to work overtime shifts. The Metro’s warning follows its federal lawsuit asking the court to vacate an arbitrator’s ruling on overtime that sided with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised Sunday that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will not include cuts to major entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare. If Mnuchin’s comments are correct, the president would be making good on his campaign promise to not make cuts to Social…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The Trump administration is threatening to interfere with state pot laws and it could cost the marijuana industry hundreds of thousands of jobs. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments teasing a crackdown on state pot laws Thursday are continuing to stir anxiety among those financially dependent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sarah Hurtubise A GOP proposal to repeal and reform parts of Obamacare could cut federal funding to state health care programs between 65 and 80 percent, according to one analysis. An Avalere Health and McKinsey & Company presentation shown to state governors at a Saturday meeting in Washington, D.C., found that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards admitted no one in the abortion industry is sure how to respond to the crushing blow dealt to the non-profit by the reality of Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress. “The truth is, no one really knows…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Some Chicago parents are unhappy about their school’s latest plan to teach students about race, civil rights and police brutality. A high school in New Trier High School District 203, located in a majority white, wealthy suburb, planned a variety of workshops on voter suppression and affordable…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Congregants of a North Carolina church were systematically punched, choked, throttled, and slammed through walls, all in the name of religion, according to 43 former members who spoke to the Associated Press. Leaders at the Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale, N.C., would allegedly shake and smack toddlers and crying babies in order…