Show notes
This week, we discuss the type of theft costing Americans nearly $50 billion a year... wage theft. We also give updates on what's happening in Palestine, Trump's trial, Kristi Noem's failed media tour, and more! If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:
- US Report on Israel war crimes in Gaza has been delayed indefinitely
- In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
- Biden to halt some arms supplies if Israel invades Rafah
- Reaction to US decision to pause weapons shipment to Israel
- House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat
- Trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon has postponed the trial indefinitely
- Trump found in contempt of court again for 10th gag order violation
- Kristi Noem shoots herself in the foot again with book
- RFK Jr. claims a doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain, reports New York Times
- Britt Cooper Gets Angry Because She Wasn’t Allowed in Boy Scouts
- Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it
- Providence to pay $200M for illegal timekeeping and break practices
- Providence Catholic health care system to pay more than $200 million for unpaid wages
- Employers steal billions from workers’ paychecks each year
- Wage theft and life expectancy inequities in the United States: a simulation study
- Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
- Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Fact Sheet