Multiple labor unions sued the Trump administration last September over its attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish is a staff writer at The American Prospect. She previously worked in the Financial Times newsletters division, The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, and the Herald News in New Jersey. Her work has been published in multiple outlets, including The New York Times, The Baffler, Los Angeles Review of Books, Music & Literature, North American Review, Sentient, Semafor, and elsewhere. She is a coauthor of The Majority Report’s daily newsletter and publishes short fiction in a range of literary magazines. She can be reached on Signal at wwimbish.07.
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In Alaska, Senate Candidates Claim the Oil Industry Creates Local Jobs. It Doesn’t.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Running Scared in the Rio Grande Valley
Trump’s economic and immigration policies have pushed South Texas voters away from the GOP, but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote blue no matter who.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal
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Posted inPolitics
Republican Nominee in Texas Using Trump’s $5,000 Promise to Deceive Voters
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Posted inTechnology
Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI
Why panic when you could just use existing laws?
Posted inPolitics
Building Power, One Person at a Time
Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Two Americas: Anti-ICE Fighters vs. Bootlickers
Elected officials across the country are fighting the federal government’s mass deportation campaign with new laws and funding. But some states are welcoming the shock troops.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the day before the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.