Michael Hiltzik

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, daughter of a Teamster and a solid pro-labor legislator, is Trump’s pick for Labor secretary. Can she swim against the GOP’s anti-union tide?

Rep. Mike Lee and Elon Musk put their heads together to craft an attack on Social Security utterly devoid of truth.

A Hoover Institution analysis claiming that 96% of California job growth is in government job is dead wrong, but got taken up by right-wing California bashers anyway.

Trump tried to cut Social Security in the past, so why should you believe he won’t try again? Watch for these ‘gimmicks.’

Water fluoridation revolutionized dentistry, especially for children. Why does the right wing think it’s a problem?

Imposing work requirements on Medicaid recipients didn’t achieve anything the last time. So why are they being considered again by Trump’s GOP?

Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.

A blizzard of lawsuits filed by its receiver reveals that the once-high-flying crypto firm FTX was even more crooked and dumb than you thought.

A federal judge’s dismissal of a copyright claim against OpenAI has artists and writers wondering if they can ever win in court against the AI industry, but experts aren’t sure the battle is over.

Molly White has a message for journalists considering going independent: Beware of the legal pitfalls