Lainey Newman

Nov 15, 2024 | triblive.com | Lainey Newman

Republicans have made their bed — now they have to sleep in it. The party has won a decisive victory this election cycle, taking control of the presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court has a conservative supermajority made up of three justices appointed by Trump himself, and the federal appellate courts are largely conservative as well. Trump will stack his administration with loyalists, not institutionalists, this time around.

Oct 28, 2024 | triblive.com | Lainey Newman

There are a lot of reasons to complain about current political, economic and social realities in the U.S. But there are also reasons to protect the systems in place that work, which are many. One of the first things I noticed a couple years ago when I traveled to India, my grandfather’s homeland, is that no one follows traffic law. It’s not that traffic laws don’t exist on the books, though — drivers simply don’t follow them. On the streets of Mumbai and Delhi, it’s every man for himself.

Sep 29, 2024 | freebeacon.com | Lainey Newman |Theda Skocpol |Arlie Russell Hochschild |David J. Garrow

My immediate Pittsburgh neighbors believe we live on perhaps the loveliest block in Squirrel Hill, a street so semi-rural that it lacks sidewalks but hosts a seemingly 24-7 population of young deer. I don’t disagree, but I also know that I live in the Mon Valley, a.k.a. Steel Valley, named for the huge river—Monongahela—that allowed it to host America’s premier industrial powerhouse for many decades. Now it’s mostly all gone.

Sep 1, 2024 | unherd.com | Lainey Newman

AmericaDemocratic PartyKamala HarrisLeftPennsylvaniaPoliticsUnionUS Almost every week, Herman heads over to the local gun club, where he can reliably find some of his buddies — old union friends from the steel mills and others. They hang out in the bar room of the clubhouse, sipping iced teas or beer. “Mr Biden’s here,” his friends yell across the room when Herman walks in.

Nov 29, 2023 | triblive.com | Lainey Newman

Labor is seeing some of its biggest wins in years, and unions are back on the public radar and in the media limelight after decades of declining power and interest. Support for unionism amongst Americans is at a 50-plus-year high. The UAW is about to solidify one of the best contracts it has seen in decades with Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. The Screenwriters reached an “exceptional” agreement with the major Hollywood studios, and the actors followed shortly thereafter.