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May 15, 2026
Penn State Faculty Vote in Favor of Unionizing
Penn State faculty have voted to unionize in what was Pennsylvania’s largest public sector organizing election in nearly 50 years. By Geoff Rushton May 14, 2026 Organizers said on Thursday that 2,510 faculty members voted yes and 847 voted no on forming the Penn State Faculty Alliance, which will be affiliated with SEIU Local 668. More than 5,000 faculty university-wide were eligible to vote in the election held April 1 to May 6. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board began tabulating the bal ...
Go to discussionPentagon not investigating strikes on schools and hospitals in Iran
12h The Department of Defense is not investigating U.S. bombings that reportedly destroyed 22 Iranian schools and 17 healthcare facilities, according to the commander leading U.S. forces in Iran. U.S. Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper told members of Congress that there is “no way” and “no indication” that the military can corroborate reports in The New York Times that detailed the alleged destruction using satellite imagery and verified video and social media footage. “There is no indicat ...
Go to discussionMuslim American groups say Republicans are weaponizing congressional hearings
May 14, 2026 8:03 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Muslim American groups said congressional hearings that Republican lawmakers cast as aimed at making the U.S. "sharia-free" are being weaponized against Muslim minorities in the United States by stoking fear against them. Republicans, who hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, titled a Wednesday hearing by a House Judiciary Subcommittee as "Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam ...
Go to discussionWatchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts
Thu 14 May 2026 17.06 EDT First published on Thu 14 May 2026 14.08 EDT The supreme court justice Samuel Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, may be violating court ethics codes by participating in certain cases that could benefit big oil, government watchdog groups say. In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate judiciary committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies. “His irregular recusal practice i ...
Go to discussionJames Comey Tells CNN He Doesn't Regret Clinton Probe Letter Ahead of 2016 Election
May 14th, 2026, 5:04 pm Former FBI Director James Comey told CNN Thursday that he didn’t regret his investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal emails even though his actions have been blamed by critics for contributing to Donald Trump’s presidential win in 2016. Trump’s Department of Justice is set to prosecute Comey in July for allegedly threatening the president by posting an Instagram photo of seashells spelling out “86 47.” The Arena host Kasie Hunt told C ...
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