Steven Greenhouse

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse

Twice in the past two weeks, communications between air traffic controllers and airplanes at Newark Liberty, one of the US’s busiest airports, have failed – leaving controllers unable to communicate with pilots. The outages have, thankfully, only led to massive delays, not disaster. But they have also once again focused a harsh light on the persistent safety problems at US airports, which handle over 50,000 flights a day.

1 week ago | portside.org | Steven Greenhouse

America’s Labor Unions Are Souring on Trump Published May 7, 2025 Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports, but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse

While Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating of any administration in American history”, last week’s economic news emphatically refutes that. Trump’s commerce department reported on Wednesday that the US economy – in a sharp and dismaying reversal – shrank in the first quarter of this year. That of course is when Trump returned to the White House, but Trump, true to form, denied that he was in any way responsible for the surprisingly bad economic news.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Steven Greenhouse

Share Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports , but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse

As Elon Musk steps back from his role heading the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), many experts on government operations complain that Doge has done nothing to improve the quality of services the government provides to the American people. “Doge is not offering any solid claims that it has improved services in any way,” said Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.