Sasha Abramsky

1 day ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Politics / June 5, 2025 The Trump-Musk Feud Heard Round the WorldQuite frankly, I’m rooting for both of them to destroy the other. Ad Policy Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Photographer: Francis Chung / Politico / Bloomberg) What happens when two of the largest egos on the planet have a falling out? We are about to find out.

4 days ago | sfreporter.com | Sasha Abramsky

Last week, Buona Forchetta restaurant, in San Diego’s South Park neighborhood, was raided by dozens of heavily armed officers from ICE’s investigations unit on a grab-and-snatch mission against suspected undocumented immigrants. The raid, which occurred mid-afternoon while diners were eating their meals, led to all of the staff being handcuffed, their IDs demanded, and the detention of at least four workers.

1 week ago | popularresistance.org | Sasha Abramsky

Above photo: Manny Morales, an employee at Flying Food Group at LAX, UNITE HERE Local 11 union, joins dozens ahead of a city council vote on minimum wage for hotel and airport workers on May 14, 2025. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. As Labor Prepares For 2028 Olympics. Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.

1 week ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Politics / May 30, 2025 The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From InvincibleCourt rulings this week suggest Trump’s lawless actions will not go unnoticed. Edit Ad Policy US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025. (Photographer: Chris Kleponis / CNP / Bloomberg) There are weeks when, it seems, everything comes to a head. This week could well be viewed, in hindsight, as one of those—as the moment the wheels started to come off the Trump train.

1 week ago | scheerpost.com | Sasha Abramsky

By Sasha Abramsky / TruthoutThe Los Angeles City Council this month passed a law requiring hotel staff and airport catering industry workers be paid at least $30 per hour and given comprehensive health benefits by July 1, 2028. The minimum wage will be raised to $22.50 this year and increase by $2.50 each July for the next three years. This is a huge victory for UNITE HERE Local 11, the union that campaigned for the legislation, and represents the highest minimum wage in the country.