Greetings from Pittsburgh, where Congresswoman Summer Lee Summer Lee held a very inspiring town hall at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District, just down the street from Payday Report’s Headquarters.  Congresswoman Summer Lee Compares State of the Union to a “Lynch Mob”.  In a very moving mixed-race

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, but the big news today is in Brazil.  Bolsonaro’s Son Seeks Asylum in US From Trump  Last week in mourning the assassination of Marielle Franco, I lamented how few Americans paid attention to Brazilian politics. However, fascists in both North and South America very

Sometimes, on Sabbath, I like going to the Tree of Life Synagogue and praying for the 11 fellow Jews who were killed there in 2018 as a result of their advocacy for immigrants' rights. As a Jew who grew up in the community, their murders have always affected me

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where we are tracking a brewing fight within the labor movement about tariffs.  UAW President Backs Trump Tariffs In Split with Labor  Most of organized labor has been opposed to Trump’s tariffs. The Machinists and the Steelworkers have opposed the tariffs.  Both unions, which