Michele Evermore

2 months ago | tcf.org | Kit Lee |Emily McGrath |Michele Evermore |Lea Woods

The Trump administration has announced (and delayed, and re-announced, and delayed again) 25-percent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10-percent tariff on goods from China. Tariffs will make various goods more expensive for U.S. consumers and businesses, and over 40 percent of U.S. imports come from either China, Canada, or Mexico. Moreover, some experts believe that tariffs will shrink the U.S. economy overall.

2 months ago | tcf.org | Michele Evermore |Laura Gutierrez |Laura Gutiérrez |Paul Semenza |Steven Greenhouse

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is a cornerstone of U.S. disability rights legislation. It was one of the first laws passed that directly supported disabled civilians, due in most part to the actions of Judy Heumann and a group of disabled protesters, who to this day hold the record for the longest sit-in at a federal building in American history. Section 504 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.

2 months ago | tcf.org | Emily McGrath |Michelle Burris |Andrew Stettner |Michele Evermore

As a presidential candidate last fall, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to battle for U.S. workers, but ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken a surprisingly large number of anti-worker actions, labor experts say. Some of those actions, among them hobbling the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), will help Trump’s billionaire business friends, most notably Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Jan 31, 2025 | tcf.org | Nicholas Danforth |Aron Lund |Emily McGrath |Michele Evermore

As President Trump threatens to slap steep tariffs on many countries, he is boasting that his taxes on imports will be a boon to the U.S. economy, but most economists strongly disagree—many say Trump’s tariffs will increase inflation, slow economic growth, hurt U.S. workers and result in American consumers footing the bill for his tariffs.

Nov 4, 2024 | tcf.org | Laura Valle-Gutierrez |Tiara Moultrie |Michele Evermore |Steven Greenhouse

After working for over sixteen years in the home care industry, Hui Ling Chen, a home care attendant in New York City, is rallying against the city’s permission of the twenty-four-hour workday system. The system, she claims, is “inhumane for both the patient and the home attendants.” Chen is part of a much larger fight that seeks to establish fair wages and humane working conditions in the home care industry. The struggle isn’t new: it has roots going back decades.