Bernie Moreno Threatens the US-Colombia Relationship

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, a scion of Colombia’s right-wing political and business elite, is stoking a dangerous conflict between Donald Trump and Colombia’s government. His motivations derive from both veiled familial interests and broad class ones.


Bernie Moreno’s meteoric rise into Donald Trump’s orbit demonstrates how extraordinary wealth and elite social background buy…

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Ruben Gallego Wants You to Get Paid More for Working on Holidays

This past Christmas, Yuliia Moshkova had to hurry to open presents with her family before her work shift started at 8 a.m. She works from her home in Louisiana as a Russian-to-English interpreter for LanguageLine Solutions, a call-in translation service that contracts with companies around the U.S. When Moshkova’s shift was over at 4:30 p.m., she rushed to cook a Christmas meal. “It’s pretty hard…

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