Happy Labor Day
September 7, 2026
Happy Labor Day! Thankful for the hardworking Americans who organize and fight for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the dignity of a day’s work. I will always have their backs.
Happy Labor Day! Thankful for the hardworking Americans who organize and fight for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the dignity of a day’s work. I will always have their backs.
Trump’s illegal war with Iran keeps driving up prices with no end in sight. “Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel. Because diesel
This is unnecessary cruelty. “According to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap analysis, 1 in 7 North Carolinians are unsure where their next meal will come from. That compares to 1 in 9 individuals in 2021. Rising food prices have also forced consumers to stretch their budgets or make
Trump’s tariffs are making life more expensive than ever, costing the average household more than $1,000 a year. “United States tariffs will cost the typical American household more than $1,000 per year, the non-partisan Yale Budget Lab found in an estimate released on Tuesday. The forecast arrives amid a flurry
Americans are paying the price for Trump’s reckless war. “As the U.S. approaches six months of war with Iran, the costs to taxpayers and consumers continue to grow, beyond what has yet been fully quantified. The U.S. military is spending billions, and the typical U.S. household will pay $1,000 because
We’re being crushed by Republican policies: lost jobs, more than 2 million people leaving the workforce, and the slowest wage growth in five years. “A report Friday from the Labor Department shows that employers cut 23,000 jobs last month, and job gains for May and June were revised sharply lower.
“Americans are deeply negative on the economy with nearly 8 in 10 Americans rating the economy poorly. Late July polling from the Associated Press and NORC found that 41% of Americans said they were concerned about being able to afford groceries over the next few months, up from 24% in
“Apple has recovered billions of dollars previously paid out in now-annulled tariffs, though its customers appear unlikely to benefit from the windfall. On Thursday, the company released its third-quarter results, once again beating Wall Street forecasts for revenue and earnings per share and celebrating what CEO Tim Cook said was
Republicans will do anything except lower costs. As Trump doubles down on his reckless war of choice in the Middle East, higher prices for energy, food, and air travel are likely to persist. “Global oil markets, shipping and air travel are again facing disruptions as the United States and Iran
“More than half of North Carolinians say some of the most common expenses are “unaffordable.” That’s according to a new Catawba College-YouGov survey, which polled 1,000 North Carolinians online between June 1 and June 10.” — The News & Observer article, NC residents say these 6 everyday expenses are ‘unaffordable’