Trump is increasingly directing personal attacks against independent rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump is known for leveling constant and often personal attacks on top rivals such as Joe Biden. Lately, he's increasingly taking that same approach against independent ... 05/11/2024 - 4:42 am | View Link
Focus of New Yorkers backing Biden or Trump is on 7 swing states The 2024 presidential race looks like a rematch of the 2020 election that Biden won with narrow victories in six of the seven swing states. 05/6/2024 - 1:04 am | View Link
With indictment, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s deep South Texas ties will again be tested Cuellar was expected to cruise to reelection. Now he’ll need to rely on support from local and national Democratic leaders to help him overcome scandal. 05/3/2024 - 2:17 pm | View Link
Wake up, Black voters– don’t let the lies fool you Concerns raised as Trump receives higher Black vote in 2016 and 2020, with 17% of Black voters considering him in 2024. Democrats must address disenchantment. 05/3/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Donald Trump has a grip on the Utah Republican Party. Here’s why. The Utah Republican Party’s 2024 State Nominating Convention concluded just before midnight on Saturday, with nearly 4,000 delegates sending a clear message to party leaders: They’re not ready for the ... 05/1/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
“Donald Trump pledged to double down on tax cuts if he wins a second term as president, drawing a distinction with President Joe Biden who has called for tax hikes on businesses and the richest Americans,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut.”
Take two brothers, steep them in the great music of the Sixties, wind them up and watch them go. Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario have been making great records and touring since they were in their teens. (Now they're in their twenties.) Along the way, they've written some incredible songs.
But this latest album looks to be the one that might finally push them to the top.